Print Fabef 5 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, book covers, packaging, rugged, grungy, vintage, gothic, dramatic, aged print, dark mood, handmade texture, historical flavor, attention grab, distressed, textured, blackletter, spiky, inked.
A distressed display face with blackletter-leaning proportions and a strongly inked, uneven edge. Strokes are heavy and compact with sharp, chiseled terminals, creating a cut-and-torn silhouette rather than smooth curves. Counters are relatively tight and openings tend to be narrow, while verticals dominate the rhythm; the texture varies from glyph to glyph as if printed from a worn plate or brushed with dry ink. The overall color on the line is dense, with frequent nicks, chips, and rough contours that read as intentional aging.
Best suited for short, prominent copy such as headlines, titles, and punchy taglines where the distressed texture can be appreciated. It works well on posters, album/track art, book or game covers, themed packaging, and branding that aims for a vintage or ominous atmosphere; for longer paragraphs it will benefit from generous size and spacing to keep the texture from filling in.
The font conveys a dark, gritty, old-world mood—part medieval poster, part worn pamphlet or underground flyer. Its rough texture adds urgency and bite, giving words a sinister, rebellious, or horror-adjacent tone without becoming fully ornamental.
The design appears intended to blend blackletter-inspired structure with a deliberately worn, ink-bitten finish, producing a bold display voice that feels printed, aged, and slightly feral. It prioritizes atmosphere and tactile texture over neutrality, aiming to add character and drama to a page quickly.
In text settings the distressed edges create a lively, noisy rhythm that becomes more pronounced at larger sizes. The character set shown includes upper and lowercase with a consistent roughness and slightly irregular widths, reinforcing a handmade print feel.