Slab Square Vero 2 is a light, narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: typewriter styling, technical notes, labels, posters, editorial heads, typewriter, technical, retro, utilitarian, editorial, machine-like feel, retro utility, document aesthetic, clear labeling, slab serif, square terminals, high contrast joints, open counters, loose tracking.
This font presents a monoline slab-serif construction with crisp, square-ended terminals and a compact overall footprint. Strokes keep a consistent weight, while the serifs read as sturdy, rectangular blocks that give each glyph a firm baseline presence. Curves are restrained and slightly squared in feel, with open, functional counters and a relatively low x-height that emphasizes ascenders and descenders. The rhythm is slightly irregular in character widths, producing a mechanical, set-by-machine texture rather than a strictly geometric uniformity.
It works well where a typewriter or industrial sensibility is desired—labels, packaging callouts, UI microcopy with a retro-technical tone, and documentation-style layouts. The distinctive slab terminals also make it suitable for short headlines, captions, and poster lines where texture and character matter more than dense long-form reading comfort.
The overall tone feels typewriter-adjacent and utilitarian, suggesting practical documentation and retro office equipment more than polished literary typography. Its blunt slab details and straightforward forms convey a technical, no-nonsense mood with a subtle vintage flavor.
The design appears intended to capture the look of mechanically produced lettering—structured, economical, and readable—while adding presence through firm slab serifs and squared terminals. It prioritizes a functional, archival texture that evokes printed forms and practical communication.
Uppercase forms are tall and spare, and the numerals follow the same simple, engineered logic with clear, unembellished shapes. The design’s strong square terminals and consistent stroke weight help preserve clarity in coarse reproduction, while the low x-height can read more formal and archival in continuous text.