Print Hemaz 9 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, kids titles, playful, hand-drawn, spooky, quirky, casual, expressiveness, handmade feel, display impact, whimsy, edginess, brushy, textured, irregular, organic, blobby.
A hand-drawn print face with compact, condensed proportions and heavy, rounded strokes. Letterforms show brush-like terminals and subtle wobble in stems and curves, with irregular counters and slightly inconsistent widths that reinforce a made-by-hand rhythm. Curves are soft and sometimes lopsided, joins can pinch or flare, and verticals often feel slightly tapered, creating a lively, inked silhouette rather than a geometric structure.
Best suited to short display settings where texture and personality are desirable—posters, book covers, event flyers, packaging, labels, and punchy headlines. It can also work for kids-oriented titles or spooky/seasonal graphics, but the irregularity and condensed build make it less ideal for long passages at small sizes.
The overall tone is informal and characterful, blending playful friendliness with a slightly eerie, storybook edge. Its dark, inky presence and uneven strokes suggest a handmade sign or illustrative lettering, making the voice feel expressive and a bit mischievous.
The design appears intended to capture a quick, marker-or-brush lettering feel with strong, inky shapes and intentionally imperfect construction. It prioritizes expressive silhouette and charm over typographic regularity, aiming for immediate personality in display typography.
Capitals are tall and attention-grabbing, while lowercase forms stay compact and compactly spaced, emphasizing a condensed texture in lines of text. Numerals follow the same drawn logic, with soft corners and occasional quirky asymmetries that read well at display sizes.