Print Wukev 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, music promo, horror titles, expressive, dramatic, edgy, handcrafted, energetic, impact, handmade feel, drama, attitude, texture, brushy, roughened, tapered, angular, spiky.
An expressive, brush-driven italic with sharply tapered strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are narrow and upright-leaning with irregular, hand-cut edges and occasional ink-like flares at terminals. Stems and joins show a lively, slightly scratchy texture, and proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade rhythm. Counters are relatively small and the lowercase sits low, keeping word shapes compact and vertically animated.
Best suited to display roles where texture and motion are desirable—posters, cover art, event graphics, and punchy headlines. It can also work for short pull quotes or packaging accents, especially when paired with a calmer text face for body copy.
The overall tone feels bold and theatrical, with a slightly sinister or punk-leaning bite created by the spiky terminals and rough brush texture. It reads as spontaneous and human, more like quick sign lettering than polished calligraphy, giving headlines a sense of urgency and attitude.
This design appears intended to mimic fast, expressive brush lettering with high drama and visible hand pressure changes. The goal seems to be impact and personality over neutrality, adding a raw, ink-on-paper feel to contemporary display typography.
In the sample text, the strong contrast and texture remain consistent across sizes, but the narrow width and tight counters make long passages look dense. The capitals carry more flourish and weight than the lowercase, making cap-led words and short phrases especially prominent.