Print Ekrud 6 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, stickers, album art, packaging, playful, grungy, bold, handmade, comic, handmade impact, brush texture, casual display, diy character, brushy, blobby, rough-edged, chunky, irregular.
A chunky, hand-drawn print with thick, ink-like strokes and noticeably ragged contours. Forms are rounded and slightly blobby, with uneven terminals and subtle bumps that suggest a brush or marker pressed into paper. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, producing a lively, variable rhythm; counters are generally compact and occasionally pinched, while joins and curves feel organic rather than geometric. Overall spacing reads loose and forgiving, with a casual baseline and consistent heavy color on the page.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, merchandise, stickers, and packaging where texture and personality are an asset. It also works well for youth-oriented branding, album art, and event graphics that benefit from a bold, handmade voice; for longer reading, it’s most effective in larger sizes with generous leading.
The texture and exaggerated weight give it a loud, friendly attitude that feels playful and mischievous. Its rough edges and imperfect shapes add a DIY, zine-like energy, balancing humor with a slightly gritty, street-level tone.
The design appears intended to deliver an assertive, hand-painted look with clear, unconnected letterforms—prioritizing personality, texture, and immediacy over polished uniformity. Its heavy stroke weight and rough perimeter aim to simulate real ink or brush marks for expressive display typography.
In text, the dense black fill creates strong impact, while the irregular outlines and varied widths keep repeated letters from feeling mechanical. The digit set matches the same hand-rendered, brushy character, maintaining visual consistency across alphanumerics.