Print Ekmol 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, game titles, comics, packaging, grunge, playful, raw, handmade, quirky, handmade texture, display impact, casual tone, expressive lettering, rough-edged, blotchy, chunky, inked, organic.
A chunky, hand-drawn print style with heavily irregular contours and visibly rough, ink-like edges. Strokes feel brushy and slightly blotted, producing uneven terminals and lumpy curves that create a lively texture across lines of text. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with subtly inconsistent widths and character shapes that emphasize an organic, handmade rhythm over strict geometric construction. Counters are generally open but irregular, and the overall color is dense and dark with a tactile, stamped-on-paper impression.
This font works best for short, high-impact setting such as posters, headlines, title cards, and expressive pull quotes where texture is a feature. It also suits packaging accents, zines, event promos, and entertainment contexts (games, comics) that benefit from a handmade, gritty display voice. For longer reading, it’s best used at comfortable sizes with generous spacing to preserve legibility.
The tone is informal and expressive, with a scrappy, DIY energy that reads as playful and a little gritty. Its rough texture suggests spontaneity and attitude, making it feel more like a quick marker or brush note than polished lettering.
The design appears intended to capture an intentionally rough, hand-inked look—prioritizing personality, texture, and spontaneity over typographic refinement. It aims to feel human and immediate, like lettering made with a brush or marker and left unpolished for character.
At text sizes the edge noise becomes a strong identifying feature, giving paragraphs a mottled, textured silhouette. The unevenness is consistent enough to feel intentional, but the rugged outlines can reduce clarity in tightly set or small-size applications.