Slab Square Pyra 5 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, logos, industrial, western, poster, editorial, sturdy, space-saving, high impact, vintage tone, headline clarity, blocky, bracketed, high-contrast, compact, crisp.
A compact, heavy slab-serif with strong vertical emphasis and a clearly squared construction. Strokes are thick and largely even, with subtle modulation and firm, flat terminals that keep counters tight and silhouettes bold. Serifs read as blocky slabs with minimal curvature, giving capitals a sturdy, sign-like presence and keeping lowercase forms compact and rhythmic. Numerals follow the same robust, squared logic, producing dense, high-impact figures.
Best suited for headlines, posters, and display typography where dense, sturdy letterforms are an advantage. It also fits packaging, signage, and logo wordmarks that need a compact footprint and a bold, structured presence.
The tone is assertive and workmanlike, with a vintage, poster-oriented flavor that can lean toward Western or industrial cues depending on setting. Its compact width and blunt slabs create a no-nonsense voice suited to attention-grabbing statements rather than quiet text.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact in limited horizontal space while retaining classic slab-serif cues. Its squared terminals and heavy, compact shapes suggest a focus on legibility at display sizes and a confident, vintage-leaning headline voice.
The overall color is very dark and consistent, with narrow apertures and tight internal spaces that increase punch at larger sizes. In mixed-case text, the strong slab details and condensed proportions create a steady, mechanical rhythm and a distinctly editorial headline character.