Print Salus 12 is a very bold, narrow, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, apparel, album covers, energetic, edgy, handmade, expressive, urgent, handmade feel, high impact, motion, texture emphasis, display punch, brushy, rough, dry-brush, textured, slanted.
A punchy, brush-drawn display face with a strong rightward slant and compact proportions. Strokes show pronounced tapering and frequent dry-brush texture, creating sharp terminals, occasional streaking, and slightly ragged edges. Letterforms are simplified and robust, with uneven stroke energy and small variations in width from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade rhythm. Counters are generally tight and irregular, and the overall color is dense and dark even at moderate sizes.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, event promos, headlines, labels, and packaging where texture and motion are assets. It can work well on apparel graphics and music or entertainment branding, particularly when set large with generous tracking and simple backgrounds to preserve clarity.
The font conveys a fast, emphatic tone—like marker or brush lettering done in one confident pass. Its rough texture and slanted stance read as bold, streetwise, and action-oriented, lending an assertive, poster-like voice rather than a polished editorial one.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush or marker lettering with visible texture, prioritizing impact and personality over uniformity. Its condensed, slanted forms and dense stroke weight aim to maximize presence in display contexts while keeping a distinctly handmade, informal character.
Caps and lowercase share a cohesive brush logic, with consistent slant and repeated hooked/angled terminals that add motion. Numerals match the same energetic stroke behavior, and the texture becomes a defining feature, especially in larger settings where the dry-brush breaks are more visible.