Print Eglom 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, album art, rustic, handmade, wry, spooky, gritty, handmade texture, diy signage, distressed display, expressive titles, textured, dry-brushed, jagged, uneven, organic.
An informal, hand-rendered print face with irregular, dry-brushed strokes and visibly rough edges. Letterforms are mostly upright with a condensed overall footprint, but widths and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, uneven rhythm. Stroke weight fluctuates within and across characters, with blunted terminals, occasional hooked ends, and slightly wobbly verticals that mimic marker or brush drag on paper. Counters tend to be tight and somewhat angular, and the lowercase shows a short x-height with relatively tall ascenders and descenders, giving text a bouncy vertical texture.
Works best for short-to-medium display copy such as posters, book or game covers, album artwork, and packaging where a handmade, distressed presence is desirable. It can also suit menu headers, labels, and branding elements for rustic or craft-oriented themes, especially when set with generous spacing and at larger sizes.
The font conveys a raw, handmade attitude—earthy and imperfect in a deliberate way. Its scratchy texture and irregular silhouettes can read as playful or ominous depending on context, evoking DIY signage, folklore, or horror-leaning title cards rather than polished editorial typography.
The design appears intended to simulate hand-drawn lettering made with a dry brush or worn marker—prioritizing texture, spontaneity, and irregular rhythm over geometric precision. Its condensed stance and lively inconsistencies suggest it was built to add character quickly to titles and emphatic phrases.
In running text, the uneven baselines and varied character widths create strong texture and personality, but also increase visual noise at smaller sizes. Numerals share the same rough, hand-cut feel and look well-suited to casual labeling and display scenarios where characterful distortion is a feature.