Slab Square Etpe 5 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logos, western, industrial, bold, playful, retro, impact, display, vintage, character, blocky, stenciled, angular, notched, compact.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with broad proportions and sharply cut geometry. Strokes are thick and flat-ended, with squared slabs and frequent angular chamfers that create wedge-like corners. Many joins and counters show deliberate interior notches and cut-ins, giving a subtly stenciled, segmented feel while keeping the letterforms highly solid. The x-height is large and the overall color is dense, with tight-looking counters in several letters and a strong, even baseline presence.
Best suited to display settings where impact matters: headlines, posters, labels, and signage. It can work well for logo marks and wordmarks that want a sturdy, crafted feel, and it holds up particularly well at medium-to-large sizes where the cut-in detailing remains crisp.
The face reads as assertive and attention-grabbing, combining a frontier poster sensibility with a tough, mechanical edge. The notched detailing adds a spirited, slightly mischievous tone—more display-driven than formal—suggesting vintage signage, sports energy, and throwback packaging.
The design appears intended as a high-impact display slab that merges classic poster letterpress weight with angular, cut-metal styling. Its chamfers and notches look purpose-built to add texture and personality while preserving a strong, readable silhouette.
In the sample text, the dense shapes and decorative cut-ins become more apparent at larger sizes, where the internal notches add texture without breaking the letterforms apart. Numerals and capitals maintain the same squared, chamfered logic, supporting a consistent, emblem-like rhythm across lines.