Print Emju 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, labels, album art, rugged, handmade, gritty, playful, rustic, handmade texture, display impact, casual tone, inked look, dry brush, rough edges, inked, irregular, chunky.
A rough, hand-inked print style with thick, pressure-like strokes and visibly uneven outlines. Edges look dry-brushed and slightly torn, creating a textured silhouette rather than clean curves. Letterforms keep a generally upright stance with compact proportions, but spacing and stroke terminals vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, drawn-on-paper feel. Counters are often small and slightly lopsided, and joins show natural wobble instead of geometric precision.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing copy such as posters, display headlines, product labels, and packaging where a tactile, handmade texture is desirable. It can also work for branding accents and event graphics that benefit from an informal, rugged voice; for long passages, the heavy texture may feel dense.
The overall tone is raw and homemade, like lettering made with a worn marker or brush. Its irregular rhythm reads casual and spirited, with a gritty texture that can feel rustic, crafty, or slightly edgy depending on setting.
Likely designed to emulate quick, hand-drawn block lettering with a dry-ink/brush texture, prioritizing personality and tactile impact over typographic uniformity. The goal appears to be a bold, handcrafted display voice that still keeps familiar letter shapes for clear reading at headline sizes.
The font maintains recognizable, straightforward constructions for readability, but the intentional inconsistencies in stroke width, terminal shapes, and curves add character. The texture becomes more prominent at larger sizes, where the distressed edges and blunted terminals are most visible.