Print Etro 9 is a very bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, grunge, handmade, punchy, casual, playful, handmade look, analog texture, attention grab, casual voice, brushy, rough-edged, inked, chunky, textured.
A compact, hand-drawn display face with thick, ink-heavy strokes and visibly rough edges, as if made with a dry brush or marker. Letterforms are upright and condensed, with tight internal counters and slightly irregular outlines that create a lively, imperfect rhythm. Terminals often look blunted or smudged, and many strokes show small nicks and texture that read like real-media drag. The overall construction stays consistent enough to set in lines of text, while retaining organic variation from glyph to glyph.
Best suited to display applications where texture and personality are an asset—posters, event flyers, cover art, packaging, and bold social graphics. It works especially well for short headlines, punchlines, and emphatic callouts where the inked, distressed look can be read at larger sizes.
The font projects a bold, scrappy energy that feels informal and human. Its distressed brush texture adds attitude and immediacy, suggesting DIY craft, zines, street-posters, and humorous or slightly rebellious messaging.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, hand-painted lettering with a deliberately rough finish, combining a condensed footprint with heavy strokes for maximum impact. Its controlled consistency suggests it was built to be usable in real text while keeping an expressive, analog feel.
In longer samples, the condensed shapes and heavy color create strong impact, but the textured edges and tight counters can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. Numerals match the same rugged, painted feel, keeping the set cohesive for headlines and short bursts of copy.