Slab Unbracketed Sekal 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, logotypes, whimsical, handmade, vintage, playful, quirky, handcrafted feel, vintage display, playful personality, poster impact, tall, condensed, rounded, knobbly, idiosyncratic.
A tall, condensed slab-serif with low stroke modulation and a distinctly hand-drawn rhythm. Strokes feel slightly irregular and wobbly, with softly rounded terminals and blunt, square-ended serifs that read as sturdy tabs rather than delicate finishing strokes. Counters are narrow and vertical, ascenders rise prominently, and the overall texture is airy yet strongly articulated by the slab endings. The alphabet shows purposeful inconsistency in widths and stroke behavior, giving the face an organic, signpainter-like cadence rather than mechanical uniformity.
Best used for display applications such as posters, book covers, packaging, and short headline copy where its quirky slab details and narrow, tall proportions can carry personality. It can also work for boutique logotypes or labels that want a handcrafted, vintage-leaning voice, especially at medium to large sizes.
The tone is quirky and storybook-like, mixing old-timey poster energy with a friendly, homemade warmth. Its condensed proportions and emphatic slabs create a lightly theatrical feel that suits playful, character-driven messaging more than sober corporate communication.
The design appears intended to deliver a condensed slab-serif with a deliberately imperfect, hand-rendered character—evoking vintage print and playful signage while staying clear and structured enough for bold display settings.
The numerals and capitals echo the same irregular, drawn-with-a-pen feel as the lowercase, keeping a cohesive texture across mixed-case settings. In longer text, the condensed build and narrow counters create a lively, textured color that becomes more decorative than purely typographic.