Print Essa 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social media, branding, quotes, casual, energetic, expressive, organic, friendly, handmade feel, brush realism, casual display, personal voice, lively texture, brushy, textured, gestural, slanted, painterly.
This font has a brisk, brush-pen look with a consistent rightward slant and lively, hand-drawn rhythm. Strokes show visible texture and slight edge roughness, with pressure-driven thick–thin changes that feel like a real marker or dry brush. Letterforms are compact and vertically oriented, with simplified, open counters and quick, confident joins in places, while most characters remain unconnected. Terminals tend to be tapered or bluntly brushed, and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal, handwritten cadence.
It works best for short to medium-length display settings such as posters, packaging callouts, social media graphics, and brand accents where a handmade brush voice is desirable. The textured strokes and animated slant can add character to pull quotes, invitations, and signage, especially at larger sizes where the brush detail remains clear.
The overall tone is informal and upbeat, with a spontaneous, human quality that reads as personal and approachable. Its quick brush movement adds urgency and momentum, making text feel conversational rather than formal or editorial.
The design appears intended to emulate fast, confident brush handwriting with natural variation and tactile stroke texture. It prioritizes personality and motion over strict uniformity, aiming to deliver an expressive, human-made impression in display typography.
Capitals are expressive and slightly irregular in proportion, giving headlines a hand-rendered personality. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same gestural logic and texture, keeping a cohesive brush-script feel across mixed content.