Print Farag 8 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, game titles, event flyers, rough, grungy, handmade, playful, spooky, handmade texture, visual impact, rough expressiveness, horror flavor, brushy, ragged, jagged, inked, irregular.
A heavy, inked display hand shows rough, torn-looking contours and uneven stroke edges, as if made with a dry brush or marker on textured paper. Letterforms are mostly upright with compact inner spaces and a slightly condensed feel, while widths and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph. Terminals tend to end in blunt wedges or scratchy points, and curves look slightly faceted rather than perfectly smooth, creating a rhythmic, hand-cut texture across words. Counters are small and sometimes asymmetrical, with a generally chunky silhouette that stays legible at larger sizes.
This font works best for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, title cards, and packaging accents where its rough ink texture can be a feature. It also suits entertainment contexts—album art, festival or event flyers, game/UI title screens, and Halloween or horror-themed graphics—where an expressive, handmade tone is desired.
The overall tone is raw and tactile, with a gritty, DIY energy that reads as rebellious and a bit mischievous. Its rough edges can also suggest eerie or horror-tinged vibes depending on context, while still feeling informal and human rather than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to emulate quickly painted or brushed lettering with deliberate imperfections, prioritizing texture and personality over typographic neutrality. Its chunky shapes and rough perimeter treatment aim to create instant impact and a tactile, analog feel in display settings.
The texture is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, giving lines of text a strong, mottled color. The irregular baseline and varying character widths add personality, but also increase visual noise in longer passages, making it feel most at home as a display face.