Print Ekbin 1 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, stickers, children’s media, playful, casual, crafty, quirky, friendly, handmade warmth, informal impact, diy signage, youthful appeal, brushy, textured, chunky, rounded, organic.
A chunky, brush-drawn print face with heavy strokes and visibly uneven edges that mimic loaded marker or paint. Letterforms lean toward rounded geometry with simplified construction, irregular terminals, and slight wobble in stems and curves that keeps the rhythm lively. Counters are generally open but not mechanically consistent, and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade, cut-and-painted feel. Numerals and capitals carry the same thick, blunted forms, reading best at display sizes where the textured contours remain clear.
Well suited to posters, event flyers, packaging accents, and social graphics where a bold handmade voice is desired. It works especially well for short headlines, labels, and callouts, and can support playful editorial subheads when set with generous tracking and comfortable line spacing.
The overall tone is playful and informal, with a friendly, slightly mischievous handmade character. Its roughened outlines and bouncy spacing suggest craft signage, kids’ materials, and upbeat DIY messaging rather than polished corporate typography.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-painted or marker lettering in a repeatable font, prioritizing warmth, energy, and a tactile edge. Its variable proportions and textured stroke boundaries aim to keep text from feeling sterile, even when typeset.
The texture reads as deliberate rather than distressed noise—more like a brush/marker edge with occasional dents and bulges. Spacing feels open and forgiving, and the simplified shapes favor quick recognition over precision, especially in all-caps headlines.