Print Este 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, spooky, rough, handmade, playful, grungy, distressed effect, handmade feel, horror mood, diy texture, poster impact, ragged, distressed, inked, quirky, irregular.
A rough, hand-drawn print style with chunky, uneven strokes and visibly ragged edges that suggest dry-brush or ink bleed. The letterforms lean on simple, mostly upright skeletons, but with irregular contours, wobbly stems, and occasional notched terminals that create a distressed silhouette. Counters are generally compact and asymmetric, and the texture varies from glyph to glyph, producing an intentionally imperfect, organic rhythm. Numerals match the same rugged treatment, with bold, simplified shapes and slightly inconsistent widths.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, titles, and display headlines where the distressed edges can read clearly. It also fits themed packaging, album or zine covers, and event flyers that want a gritty, handcrafted attitude. For paragraphs, it works more as a stylistic accent than as a primary text face.
The overall tone is eerie and mischievous—more haunted-house poster than polished branding. Its gritty texture and uneven finishing add a handmade, low-fi energy that reads as playful horror, punky DIY, or Halloween-adjacent without relying on ornate gothic tropes.
The design appears intended to mimic hand-rendered lettering with deliberate wear and tear—combining a sturdy, readable structure with distressed outlines to deliver personality and atmosphere. The goal seems to be immediate visual character and a tactile, printed/painted feel rather than clean uniformity.
In longer text, the repeated edge-chipping creates a strong surface texture that becomes part of the voice of the type; it benefits from generous size and spacing so the interior shapes don’t clog. Capitals feel especially poster-like, while the lowercase retains a casual, scribbled charm with noticeable character-to-character variation.