Print Esbo 11 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, stickers, social graphics, playful, crafty, rustic, casual, quirky, handmade feel, tactile texture, informal voice, display impact, brushy, textured, uneven, chunky, organic.
A compact, hand-drawn print style with thick, brush-like strokes and visibly textured edges. Letterforms are mostly upright with simplified geometry and rounded joins, but their outlines remain irregular, creating a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes show slight modulation and occasional flared terminals, with proportions that vary from glyph to glyph for an intentionally handmade feel. Counters are generally small and dark, and the overall color on the page is dense and inky.
This font is well suited to short, bold statements in posters, packaging accents, casual branding, stickers, and social graphics where a handmade voice is desired. It performs best in headlines and display settings, and can work for brief text blocks when generous spacing and moderate sizes are used to keep the texture from filling in.
The tone is informal and energetic, like quick poster lettering made with a loaded marker or brush. Its roughened edges and bouncy consistency read as friendly, approachable, and a bit mischievous rather than refined or corporate.
The design appears intended to replicate hand-painted or marker-drawn print lettering, prioritizing personality and tactile texture over typographic precision. Its controlled irregularities suggest a deliberate effort to feel human and spontaneous while staying readable in punchy display applications.
At text sizes the strong texture and heavy ink gain create a gritty pattern, while at larger sizes the individual stroke wobble and dry-brush edges become a prominent stylistic feature. Numerals match the same blunt, hand-rendered character and sit comfortably alongside the letters for display use.