Print Ekliv 8 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, merchandise, social media, energetic, casual, rugged, playful, expressive, handmade feel, high impact, casual voice, raw texture, fast gesture, brushy, textured, dry brush, irregular, angular.
A lively brush-drawn print with thick, dry-looking strokes and visibly uneven edges that create a textured silhouette. Letterforms are slightly slanted and vary in width, with a bouncy baseline and inconsistent stroke terminals that mimic real marker or brush pressure. Shapes tend toward compact, upright bowls and angular joins, prioritizing gesture over precision while remaining generally legible in words. Numerals share the same hand-rendered rhythm, with simplified forms and occasional wobble in curves and diagonals.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, event promos, packaging callouts, headlines, and merchandise graphics where a hand-painted feel is desired. It can work for brief captions or pull quotes when set with generous size and leading, but it’s most effective when used as an expressive accent rather than for long-form reading.
The font conveys an informal, hand-made attitude—confident, a bit rough, and energetic. Its imperfect edges and quick, gestural construction feel personable and spontaneous, like a bold note scrawled on packaging or a poster. The overall tone is playful and expressive rather than refined or corporate.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of a quick brush or marker hand, emphasizing texture, momentum, and personality. Its irregular outlines and variable letter widths suggest a deliberate move away from polished consistency to achieve a bold, human, street-poster style presence.
Texture is a defining feature: many strokes show slight tapering, blunt cutoffs, and small bumps that read as bristle drag or ink catching on paper. Spacing and stroke density vary from glyph to glyph, which adds character but can create a slightly noisy color in longer passages, especially at smaller sizes.