Slab Square Veta 2 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, branding, whimsical, retro, bookish, quirky, decorative, add character, evoke vintage, increase ornament, create texture, stand out, tall serifs, spiky joins, high crossbars, tapered curves, airy.
A slender, high-standing serif design with pronounced slab-like crossbars and flat terminals that often extend into long top and bottom arms. Strokes are generally light with noticeable contrast in curved joins, and many letters show sharp, slightly calligraphic inflections where bowls meet stems. The uppercase leans toward narrow, columnar proportions, while the lowercase keeps a tall x-height feel and a slightly uneven, hand-drawn rhythm. Several forms feature extended horizontals and underscored-looking baselines in the sample text, producing a distinctive striped texture across words.
Best suited for display typography where its long slabs and quirky letterforms can read as intentional decoration—headlines, posters, book covers, and characterful branding. It can also work in short pulls or packaging copy where a distinctive, vintage-leaning texture is desired, but the strong horizontal accents make it less ideal for dense body text.
The overall tone is eccentric and literary, mixing an old-style, storybook sensibility with a playful, slightly mischievous edge. Its dramatic crossbars and spiky transitions give it a theatrical, vintage flavor rather than a purely formal or minimalist one.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a slab-serif foundation with exaggerated crossbars and decorative horizontal framing, aiming for a memorable, illustrative texture. It prioritizes personality and word-shape impact over neutral readability.
The strong, continuous horizontal accents create a prominent line motif that can dominate at smaller sizes, but becomes a defining graphic feature at display sizes. Numerals and several letters echo the same tall, framed construction, reinforcing a consistent, ornamental voice across the set.