Print Emma 12 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album covers, event promos, energetic, raw, casual, bold, gritty, expressiveness, handmade feel, impact, urgency, brushy, textured, angular, expressive, hand-drawn.
A brushy, hand-drawn print face with thick strokes and visibly uneven edges that retain a dry-brush texture. Letters are slightly right-leaning with tapered terminals and occasional pointed joins, creating a lively, broken outline rather than smooth curves. Proportions are compact and tall in feel, with small counters and a relatively low x-height; widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the handmade rhythm. The overall color is dark and dense, with consistent stroke heft and subtle internal modulation from the brush texture.
Well suited to posters, headlines, and short display lines where a bold, hand-rendered voice is desired. It can work effectively on packaging, album/cover art, and event promotions that benefit from a gritty, expressive brush look, especially when set with generous tracking or ample surrounding whitespace.
The font conveys an energetic, rough-and-ready tone—more like quick marker or brush lettering than careful calligraphy. Its irregular contours and emphatic weight give it a punchy, rebellious character that feels casual and immediate rather than refined.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of fast brush lettering in an informal, unconnected print style. The goal appears to be strong impact and personality through texture, slant, and irregular stroke edges, prioritizing expressive presence over neutral text efficiency.
In text, the heavy texture and tight internal spaces create a strong silhouette that reads best at larger sizes, where the brush grain and tapered strokes become a feature rather than visual noise. The italic slant and variable widths add momentum across a line, producing a lively, improvised cadence.