Slab Square Ergy 10 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, robust, retro, poster, industrial, playful, high impact, distinctiveness, vintage flavor, signage clarity, blocky, chunky, stencil-like, notched, rounded counters.
A heavy, block-driven slab serif with broad proportions and a strongly rectangular construction. Strokes end in flat, square terminals with thick, bracketless slab-like feet and caps, while many joins and edges include small step-like notches that create a quasi-stencil, cut-out feel. Bowls and counters are generally rounded within the thick outer silhouette, producing a soft interior contrast against the hard exterior geometry. Spacing and sidebearings read intentionally tight at display sizes, with a compact rhythm and large, dark word shapes.
Best suited to display work such as posters, headlines, branding marks, and packaging where bold, attention-grabbing letterforms are needed. It also works well for signage and short emphatic phrases, especially where a vintage or industrial voice is desired.
The overall tone is loud and confident, with a distinctly retro, sign-painting and packaging flavor. The notched details add a crafted, slightly rugged character that feels industrial and playful rather than refined.
The design appears aimed at maximizing impact through dense, blocky silhouettes and slab-ended strokes, while adding distinctive notched cuts to keep the forms lively and recognizable. It prioritizes strong word-shape and personality for display use over delicate detail or text-size neutrality.
The uppercase has a strong, billboard-like presence, while the lowercase maintains the same chunky footprint and high visual weight, giving mixed-case settings a unified, compact texture. Numerals match the heavy, squared-off style and read best when set large, where the interior counters and cut details remain clear.