Print Ekrin 1 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, rugged, handmade, bold, playful, grunge, handmade impact, casual emphasis, raw texture, display personality, brushy, textured, chunky, organic, irregular.
A heavy, hand-drawn print style with chunky strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded corners and uneven stroke boundaries that create a stamped/brush-painted texture. Counters are generally small and soft-edged, and curves wobble subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, made-by-hand rhythm. Overall spacing feels lively and slightly inconsistent in a way that reads intentional and expressive rather than geometric.
Best suited for display applications where texture and personality are desired: posters, punchy headlines, packaging callouts, album/cover art, and casual branding. It can also work for short, high-impact captions or labels, but the dense strokes and rough edges are likely to be more effective at medium-to-large sizes.
The font conveys a raw, energetic tone—casual, loud, and tactile, like marker or brush lettering used for quick signage. Its roughened silhouettes and bold presence give it an assertive, street-poster attitude while still feeling friendly and informal.
The design appears intended to mimic bold, quickly drawn lettering with a deliberately imperfect outline—prioritizing attitude and immediacy over precision. Its consistent heaviness and textured edges suggest a goal of creating a strong, handmade display voice that feels spontaneous and tactile.
The texture and softened interior shapes can cause tight counters and joins at smaller sizes, while the strong mass and irregular contours help it hold character in short bursts of text. Numerals match the same blunt, hand-inked feel, keeping the set visually cohesive.