Print Emsa 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, grunge, handmade, playful, rough, casual, handcrafted feel, textured impact, casual display, expressive voice, brushy, ragged, blotchy, chunky, uneven.
A rough, brush-drawn display face with heavy strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded corners softened by paint-like wobble and occasional blots that thicken terminals. Strokes show mild contrast from pressure changes, and the baseline and curves feel subtly uneven, reinforcing an organic, hand-rendered rhythm. Counters are relatively tight and shapes are simplified, keeping silhouettes strong at larger sizes.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text where the brush texture can read clearly—posters, punchy headlines, event flyers, packaging callouts, and album or editorial display treatments. It can also work for branding accents where a handcrafted, gritty voice is desired, but is less ideal for long passages or small UI text due to its rough edges and tight counters.
The overall tone is informal and expressive, with a gritty, handmade energy that feels bold without being polished. Its imperfect outlines and inky texture suggest spontaneity and a slightly edgy, street-poster attitude, while the friendly proportions keep it approachable.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, confident brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect edge, prioritizing personality and impact over precision. It aims to deliver an inked, handmade feel that reads like bold marker or paint strokes in a compact, poster-friendly proportion.
The texture is consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, creating a cohesive “painted” color on the page. The numerals match the letterforms in weight and roughness, and the design’s irregularity is part of its intended character rather than a geometric system.