Print Filab 9 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, event flyers, game titles, rough, playful, grunge, handmade, bold, handmade feel, gritty impact, expressive display, casual tone, textured, brushy, ragged, inky, organic.
A chunky, hand-rendered display face with heavy strokes and visibly uneven, brush-like edges. Letterforms show irregular contours, occasional blots and notches, and a slightly wobbly baseline that reinforces a drawn-by-hand construction. Counters are compact and sometimes partially occluded by texture, while terminals tend to be blunt and tapered in places, as if made with a dry marker or loaded brush. Proportions are generally compact with tight interior space, and spacing feels lively rather than mechanically uniform.
Best used for display applications such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and entertainment-oriented graphics where the distressed brush texture can be appreciated. It also works for short quotes or punchy subheads, but is less suitable for long-form text or small UI sizes due to its dense counters and rough edges.
The overall tone is casual and expressive, with a gritty, DIY energy. Its textured stroke edges and irregular rhythm suggest something loud, cheeky, and intentionally imperfect—well suited to themes that benefit from rawness and personality rather than polish.
The design appears intended to mimic bold, quickly painted or marker-drawn lettering with a deliberately distressed finish. It prioritizes punch and attitude over precision, creating a handcrafted look that feels energetic and informal.
The texture is consistent enough to read as a deliberate styling device, but it reduces clarity at small sizes where counters and joins begin to fill in. Numerals and capitals carry the same distressed treatment, helping headings and short bursts of copy feel cohesive.