Print Emka 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, packaging, title cards, grunge, expressive, raw, edgy, handmade, handmade texture, display impact, gritty tone, diy aesthetic, expressive signage, brushy, textured, jagged, inked, irregular.
A rough, brush-drawn print face with visibly textured edges and uneven stroke widths that mimic dry ink on paper. The letterforms lean slightly and maintain a lively, irregular baseline with variable spacing and widths, producing a hand-rendered rhythm rather than typographic uniformity. Strokes often taper into sharp terminals, with occasional blots and ragged contours that emphasize the mark-making. Counters are relatively compact and shapes stay fairly narrow overall, helping the set feel energetic and condensed in lines of text.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, album/cover art, event flyers, game or film title cards, and bold packaging accents where texture is an advantage. It can also work for branding that wants a raw handmade signature, especially when set large with generous line spacing. For extended reading or small UI text, the distressed contours and tight counters may feel visually busy.
The font reads as gritty and immediate, with a spontaneous, street-level attitude. Its scratchy texture and irregularity lend a rebellious, DIY tone that can feel intense, eerie, or punk depending on context. The overall impression is expressive and unpolished in a deliberate way, favoring character over refinement.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of a hand-painted or marker/brush sign, prioritizing texture, energy, and attitude over geometric consistency. Its condensed, slightly leaning forms and rugged edges suggest a display-oriented font meant to bring grit and personality to titles and branding.
In the sample text, the texture remains prominent at larger sizes and the uneven edges become a key visual feature. Some forms show simplified, hand-drawn construction (notably in round letters and numerals), reinforcing a drawn signage feel rather than a calligraphic script. The narrow build helps create dense, high-impact word shapes, but the roughness can reduce clarity in long passages.