Print Ehma 8 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, book covers, event flyers, raw, grungy, playful, handmade, expressive, handmade feel, textured display, informal voice, edgy character, brushy, ragged, blotty, uneven, bouncy.
A rough, brush-and-ink style handprint with chunky strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms lean slightly forward with a lively, uneven baseline and casual spacing that varies from glyph to glyph. Counters are often small and imperfectly rounded, and terminals look torn or dry-brushed, creating speckled, organic contours. Overall proportions feel compact with short lowercase bodies and occasional taller, narrow ascenders that add a jagged rhythm in text.
Best suited to display use where its texture can be appreciated—posters, flyers, album artwork, packaging labels, and book or game covers. It also works well for short callouts, pull quotes, and themed headlines where an intentionally rough, handmade tone is desired.
The font conveys a handmade, rebellious energy—more zine, poster, and marker-sign than polished calligraphy. Its rough texture and lively slant feel energetic and informal, with a playful edge that can read as gritty or spooky depending on color and context.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, pressure-variable brush lettering with imperfect edges and a deliberately unrefined finish. It prioritizes personality and texture over strict uniformity, aiming for an organic, hand-drawn presence that feels immediate and expressive.
In the sample text, the texture becomes a key feature: repeated shapes never look identical, and the irregular stroke width produces a dark, inky color on the page. The numerals and capitals carry the same torn-brush character, helping headings and short bursts of text feel cohesive and punchy.