Slab Square Pome 8 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, wayfinding, logos, industrial, technical, retro, sturdy, utilitarian, impact, clarity, systematic, signage, retro tech, squared, blocky, angular, mechanical, crisp.
A squared slab serif with monoline strokes and flat, square-ended terminals throughout. The design favors rectilinear construction with rounded-rectangle bowls (notably in C, D, O, and 0) and crisp corners softened only slightly by small internal radii. Serifs are bold and bracketless, creating strong horizontal caps on stems and giving the letters a compact, engineered silhouette. Counters are mostly rectangular and tightly controlled, with a consistent rhythm and a slightly condensed feel in some forms; figures match the caps in weight and geometry, using squared curves and open, legible interiors.
Well-suited for headlines, logos, packaging, and signage where a tough, geometric slab presence is desirable. The sturdy slabs and squared counters also make it effective for short text in UI labels, technical documentation headings, and retro-themed editorial accents where a mechanical, structured rhythm helps maintain clarity.
The overall tone is robust and pragmatic, evoking industrial labeling, early digital/terminal typography, and mid-century technical signage. Its squared curves and heavy slabs read as confident and no-nonsense, with a distinctly retro-tech flavor rather than a bookish or calligraphic voice.
The font appears designed to translate slab-serif authority into a modular, square-built aesthetic, prioritizing uniform stroke color and crisp, engineered shapes. It aims for high-impact legibility and a coherent industrial voice that feels at home in technical or retro-futurist settings.
Distinctive details include an angular, straight-legged R, a Q with a short diagonal tail, and a two-storey-style lowercase a with a squared bowl and straight right side. The lowercase g is single-storey and boxy, and punctuation such as the ampersand follows the same rectilinear, slab-capped logic, reinforcing a consistent system across text and display sizes.