Print Fanok 9 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, event promos, rustic, playful, spooky, handmade, vintage, distressed look, hand-ink feel, vintage flavor, headline impact, rough-edged, inked, textured, irregular, stamped.
A heavy, hand-inked display face with uneven contours and torn-looking edges that mimic worn print or hand-cut lettering. Strokes are thick with moderate contrast and frequent bulges, nicks, and wavy terminals, creating a textured silhouette rather than clean geometry. Proportions are slightly condensed with lively, inconsistent widths and spacing, and the overall rhythm feels intentionally imperfect for character and texture.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, titles, signage, labels, and packaging where the rough texture can be appreciated. It can work for themed materials—craft, rustic, vintage, or spooky promotions—when set with generous size and comfortable tracking.
The tone is folksy and mischievous, with a slightly eerie, Halloween-adjacent roughness that reads as homemade and aged. Its distressed edges and inky blotting suggest something pulled from an old poster, a stamped label, or a spooky storybook heading rather than a polished modern system.
The design appears intended to capture the look of rough, inked printmaking or hand-drawn lettering, emphasizing texture and irregularity over precision. It prioritizes personality and atmosphere, delivering an aged, distressed feel that stands out in display settings.
The texture is baked into the letterforms (not just a background effect), so counters and joins can close up at smaller sizes. The alphabet shows noticeable per-glyph irregularities—especially in curves and terminals—which adds charm in headlines but reduces uniformity for long passages.