Print Hekal 9 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, halloween, comics, playful, spooky, retro, cartoon, quirky display, thematic titling, handmade texture, attention grabbing, chunky, irregular, jagged, wobbly, expressive.
A chunky, heavy display face with hand-drawn irregularity and a slight backward slant. Letterforms are built from broad, simplified shapes with uneven stroke edges, occasional spur-like corners, and subtly wobbly contours that feel cut or torn rather than mechanically drawn. Counters are generally small and sometimes pinched, while spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, uneven rhythm. The lowercase is compact and sturdy with short-looking ascenders/descenders, and the numerals share the same blobby, distressed silhouette.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, event flyers, album/cover art, and playful packaging. It also fits seasonal or themed work (especially spooky or novelty contexts) and cartoon/comic-style titling where character and immediacy matter more than sustained readability.
The overall tone is mischievous and theatrical—part cartoon title card, part haunted-house poster. Its quirky wobble and rough edges add energy and attitude, suggesting fun, mystery, and a slightly macabre humor rather than seriousness or refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver bold impact with a deliberately imperfect, hand-rendered voice. By combining exaggerated weight, irregular outlines, and a subtle reverse slant, it aims to create memorable display typography that feels lively, quirky, and slightly eerie.
In longer text the strong silhouettes and shifting widths create a busy texture, so the font reads best when set with generous tracking and ample line spacing. The backward slant and irregular terminals amplify motion, making words feel animated and hand-made.