Slab Monoline Efza 7 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, posters, editorial, branding, packaging, typewriter, hand-inked, quirky, vintage, bookish, vintage print, typewriter feel, handmade texture, condensed titling, slab serif, spiky, narrow, textured, irregular.
A narrow slab-serif design with mostly uniform stroke weight and compact proportions. Serifs are blunt and bracketing is minimal, giving terminals a stamped, slightly spiky silhouette. Subtle irregularities in curves and joins create a lightly distressed, hand-inked texture, while counters stay relatively open for the width. The rhythm is tight and vertical, with modest ascender/descender presence and a generally crisp, upright stance.
Best suited to headlines, short paragraphs, and titling where a condensed footprint and strong personality are useful—such as book covers, posters, editorial pull quotes, and brand wordmarks. The textured, inked feel also works well for packaging and themed materials that benefit from a vintage print or typewriter flavor.
The overall tone is vintage and typewriter-adjacent, with a quirky, slightly eerie edge created by the uneven ink-like texture and sharp slab terminals. It reads as handmade or printed from worn metal type—more characterful than neutral—suggesting literary, period, or editorial atmospheres.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional slab-serif printing with a worn, hand-pressed finish, delivering a condensed text voice that feels human and imperfect while remaining structured and readable.
Capitals are tall and columnar, and the lowercase maintains a compact, restrained look that reinforces the condensed color. Numerals follow the same narrow, slabbed construction and appear designed to blend into running text rather than stand apart as display figures.