Print Esju 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, social graphics, album art, energetic, expressive, gritty, casual, handmade, handmade feel, high impact, analog texture, informal energy, brushy, textured, dry brush, angular, upright-leaning.
A condensed, brush-drawn print style with a pronounced rightward slant and lively stroke contrast. Letterforms are built from tapered, pressure-like strokes with rough, dry-brush edges and occasional chisel-like terminals, giving the shapes a textured, ink-on-paper feel. The rhythm is irregular in a controlled way—stems wobble slightly, curves are simplified, and widths vary from glyph to glyph—creating a natural hand-rendered consistency rather than geometric precision. Counters are generally open and legible, while joints and cross-strokes often break or thin, reinforcing the hand-painted construction.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where the brush texture and slanted momentum can be appreciated—posters, headlines, pull quotes, packaging accents, and social or promotional graphics. It can work for brief emphatic lines in editorial layouts, but the textured edges and condensed forms favor impact over long-form reading.
The overall tone is bold and spontaneous, with a street-poster immediacy and a slightly gritty, analog edge. It reads as confident and informal, evoking hand-lettered signage, gig flyers, and energetic editorial callouts rather than polished corporate typography.
The design appears intended to capture the look of quickly brushed, hand-painted print lettering—combining a compact footprint with expressive stroke dynamics. Its primary goal is visual personality and urgency, delivering a handcrafted feel that stands out in bold display applications.
Texture is a key feature: many glyphs show visible brush drag and uneven ink density, which will become more pronounced at larger sizes and can soften at smaller sizes. Numerals match the same brush logic with lively curves and tapered ends, supporting consistent display use across text and numbers.