Slab Square Abmat 7 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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This typeface is a slender slab serif with crisp, sculpted letterforms and a disciplined vertical stance. Serifs read as squared slabs with subtle bracketing, and many strokes finish in flat, chisel-like terminals that keep the texture clean and controlled. Contrast is present but moderate, with slightly tapered joins and occasional spur-like details that add snap without becoming ornamental. Proportions skew tall and compact, producing a tight rhythm in all-caps, while the lowercase keeps a straightforward, readable construction with compact bowls and firm stems.
Well-suited to editorial typography where a compact, authoritative serif texture is helpful, such as book interiors, essays, and magazines. It can also serve for headlines and subheads when you want a traditional voice with slightly sharper, more mechanical slab finishing than a typical oldstyle serif.
The overall tone feels bookish and traditional, with a mildly formal, scholarly character. Its sharp terminals and steady spacing give it an editorial seriousness, while the slab structure adds a confident, authoritative voice without feeling heavy.
The design appears intended to blend classic serif readability with firmer slab-seriffed structure, offering a composed text face that still carries a crisp, contemporary edge in its terminals and joins.
Capitals have a composed, inscription-like clarity, and the numerals share the same restrained, upright construction, reading cleanly at text sizes. The design maintains consistent serif behavior and stroke endings across letters and figures, creating a cohesive, print-friendly texture.