Beard styles for square faces
A square face already has the jaw most beard styles are trying to fake. The job is to soften rather than reinforce it, which means rounded edges and length at the chin instead of width along the jaw.
12 styles in this list
Mutton chops
Sideburns grown wide down the cheeks, chin shaved.
MediumHigh upkeepmuttonchopsmutton chop sideburns
Viking beard
Long, full and deliberately untamed.
LongMedium upkeepnorse beard
Boxed beard
A short full beard with every edge squared off.
ShortHigh upkeepshort boxed beard
Balbo
Moustache, soul patch and chin beard, never joined.
ShortHigh upkeepinverted T
Circle beard
Moustache joined to a rounded chin beard.
ShortMedium upkeepdoor knocker
Beardstache
A heavy moustache over light stubble.
ShortMedium upkeep
Anchor beard
Pointed chin beard traced along the jaw, with a moustache.
ShortHigh upkeep
Wolverine
Chops joined to a moustache, chin shaved.
MediumHigh upkeepfriendly mutton chops
Horseshoe moustache
Moustache with the ends run down to the jaw.
MediumHigh upkeepbiker moustache
Guide coming soon
Hollywoodian
Beard and moustache with the sideburns cut away.
ShortHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Hulihee
Huge curved chops with a shaved chin.
MediumHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Klingon
Sharp angular goatee with a hard moustache line.
MediumHigh upkeep
Other ways to narrow it down
Barbas cortas
Under an inch. Office safe, quick to trim, slow to go wrong.
Medium beard styles
One to three inches. The point where shaping starts to matter.
Long beard styles
Three inches and up. Months of growing, and daily oil.
Beard styles for round faces
Length at the chin, kept tight at the cheeks, to lengthen the face.
Beard styles for oval faces
The shape most styles are drawn for. Nearly anything works.
Beard styles for long faces
Width at the cheeks, short at the chin, to shorten the face.