Slab Square Tovo 12 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, logos, packaging, rugged, playful, retro, rowdy, headline, impact, nostalgia, personality, display, chunky, angular, slabbed, blocky, tightly notched.
A heavy, right-leaning display face with broad proportions and compact internal counters. Strokes are stout and largely even in thickness, with blunt, slab-like terminals and squared ends that create a cut, carved silhouette. Many joins and curves resolve into angular facets and small notches, giving the outlines a chiseled, slightly irregular rhythm while remaining consistently constructed across the set. Spacing appears generous for a display face, helping the dense forms stay legible in words.
Best suited for posters, headlines, event graphics, and short brand statements where impact is the priority. It also fits labels, packaging, and signage that want a retro, rugged feel, and can work for logo wordmarks when set large enough to preserve the angular details.
The overall tone is bold and boisterous, evoking vintage signage and spirited poster lettering. Its sharp facets and chunky slabs add a tough, handcrafted edge, while the slanted stance keeps it energetic and informal.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum punch with a distinctive, carved texture—combining slabbed terminals, wide proportions, and a built-in slant to create a lively, vintage display voice for attention-grabbing typography.
The italicized posture is built into the letterforms rather than coming from mechanical skewing, and the font maintains strong consistency in its squared terminals across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals. The dense black shapes and tight apertures suggest it performs best when given some breathing room and used at larger sizes.