Print Fabav 4 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, event flyers, album art, grungy, rustic, handmade, playful, slightly spooky, handmade texture, bold impact, distressed look, informal voice, rough edges, inked, textured, blotchy, chunky.
A heavy, hand-rendered print face with chunky strokes and visibly irregular, brushy edges. The letterforms are mostly upright with simple, sturdy structures, but each glyph shows organic variation in stroke width and contour, producing a slightly uneven rhythm. Terminals often look torn or blotted, and counters are compact, giving the design a dense, high-impact silhouette. Spacing feels lively and inconsistent in a deliberate way, reinforcing the drawn-by-hand character.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, event flyers, and bold packaging where texture and personality are an asset. It can also work for titles in themed projects (craft, vintage, spooky, or DIY aesthetics), while longer body copy will read more comfortably at larger sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is gritty and handmade, mixing a rustic craft feel with a faintly macabre or Halloween-adjacent edge. Its rough texture reads as energetic and expressive rather than refined, making it feel informal, bold, and attention-seeking.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, inked hand lettering with purposeful roughness—capturing the look of a stamped or brushed mark rather than a polished typographic drawing. Its goal is expressiveness and texture, prioritizing character and impact over strict uniformity.
In the sample text, the strong texture and compact counters remain prominent across longer passages, where the irregular outlines add personality but also create a busy surface. The numerals and lowercase follow the same blotty, inked construction, keeping a consistent, distressed voice across the set.