Slab Square Kywi 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, album covers, industrial, dramatic, experimental, editorial, retro, high impact, space saving, mechanical feel, constructed forms, condensed, spiky, stencil-like, geometric, monolinear hairlines.
A highly condensed display face built from extreme contrast: hairline connectors and internal strokes are paired with heavy vertical masses that read like stacked, slab-ended blocks. Terminals and serifs resolve into flat, square pads, creating a modular, mechanical silhouette. Counters are tall and narrow, often carved as vertical slots, and many joins are reduced to thin bridges, giving several letters a stencil-like, cut-out construction. Overall rhythm is vertical and stop-start, with pronounced top-and-bottom anchoring and minimal horizontal presence.
Best suited to large sizes where its hairline bridges and narrow counters can be clearly resolved. It works particularly well for headlines, posters, branding marks, and short punchy statements where a sharp, industrial voice is desired, rather than for extended reading.
The font feels industrial and theatrical at the same time—part machinery, part poster lettering. Its spiky contrast and segmented construction convey tension and spectacle, suggesting experimental editorial typography with a retro-futurist edge.
The design appears intended to maximize vertical presence and contrast within a compressed width, using square slab terminals and cut-in counters to create a distinctive, constructed look. The goal seems to be high-impact display typography with a mechanical, modular character.
In text lines the design produces a strong barcode-like texture: dense black columns punctuated by hairline links and occasional open slots. The punctuation and numerals follow the same top/bottom block logic, reinforcing a consistent, engineered system that prioritizes impact over neutrality.