Slab Square Johu 2 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logos, western, industrial, rugged, stamped, retro, display impact, vintage texture, stamp effect, rugged signage, blocky, squared, ink-trap, distressed, compact.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with squared terminals and broad, rectangular counters. The design favors strong verticals and flat, horizontal cuts, with tight joins that create a compact, forceful texture in words. Interior corners show deliberate notches and cut-ins that read like ink-traps or worn stencil bite marks, while curves (C, O, S) are heavily squared off rather than fully round. Numerals are similarly chunky and geometric, keeping a consistent, poster-ready silhouette across the set.
Well-suited for posters, headline typography, badges, labels, and signage where a strong slab presence and rugged texture are desired. It can also work for logo wordmarks and packaging fronts that need a vintage-industrial or western display feel, especially at medium to large sizes.
The overall tone is bold and assertive, evoking old letterpress, rubber-stamp wear, and frontier or workwear signage. The intentional roughness adds grit and movement, giving the face a tough, utilitarian character with a nostalgic edge.
The design appears intended to combine a square-shouldered slab serif foundation with purposeful wear and ink-trap-like cutouts, creating a bold display face that feels stamped, weathered, and built for high-impact messaging.
At text sizes the distressed cutouts can visually merge, so the font reads best when given room and generous size. The black density is high and the rhythm is tight, producing strong impact in short lines and headlines.