how we picked the men's cut.
Same guy, same shirt, same print. Only the cut changes. We went with the shrunken square: the fit of the shrunken tee with the straight sides of the fitted square.
Shrunken square
Your favorite (shrunken) as the base, with the straight sides of the fitted square. Short and close, lands at the belt, but square instead of clingy.
A lightweight stock blank (Bella+Canvas 3001 or AS Colour 5065), garment dyed, then cropped and re-hemmed to length. Full size run on the fit page.
Oversized boxy
What's on the site now. Wide, dropped shoulder, covers the belt. Shown so you can compare.
Shrunken
Looks a size too small on purpose. Slim through the chest, tight short sleeves, hem at the belt. The most fitted.
A standard heavyweight garment-dyed tee (like the LA Apparel 1801GD or Shaka 6.5 oz) bought one size down. The wash shrinks it a little more. No special sewing. The size chart just says "runs small on purpose."
Cropped boxy
Square and straight, true-to-size width, cropped to the belt. Still boxy, but small. My guess at what you mean by "smaller but square-ish."
Two routes. Buy a cropped boxy heavyweight blank (several blank suppliers sell them in about 7.5 to 8 oz). Or take a regular boxy blank and have a sewing contractor cut and re-hem it, roughly $1.50 to $3 a piece. Order samples first: "cropped" lengths vary a lot by brand.
Fitted square
Square body that skims without clinging. Shoulders on the shoulder line, sleeves close at mid-bicep, normal length just past the belt.
A standard heavyweight garment-dyed blank worn true to size. This is the default fit of most premium blanks, so it's the cheapest and most predictable.
The designs that go on whichever cut you pick: wash tally, coffee run, Rust (the bleached logo, renamed from "discharge"), safety pins and burnt matches. Each will also come in the oversized boxy. All of these are AI renders to compare silhouettes. The real answer comes from ordering 2 or 3 blank samples and trying them on.