Print Ebnob 17 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, greeting cards, packaging, quotes, whimsical, sketchy, airy, playful, quirky, hand-drawn charm, casual display, quirky personality, lightweight texture, monoline, spidery, loose, tall, bouncy.
A thin, wiry handwritten print with tall, narrow proportions and generous white space. Strokes are predominantly monoline but show natural pen pressure and occasional wobble, with small hooks, tapered ends, and subtle overshoots that keep the texture lively. Uppercase forms are especially elongated and open (notably rounded C/O and a large-loop Q), while the lowercase is smaller and more delicate, producing a pronounced scale contrast between cases. Curves are smooth but not mechanically perfect, and spacing is uneven in a natural, hand-drawn way, creating an irregular rhythm across words and lines.
Best suited for short display settings where its delicate strokes and uneven rhythm can be appreciated—headlines, posters, invitations, greeting cards, packaging callouts, and quote graphics. It can also work for light branding moments that want a hand-drawn, idiosyncratic voice rather than a polished typographic finish.
The overall tone feels casual and lightly mischievous, like quick notes or doodled headings in a sketchbook. Its spindly lines and exaggerated height give it a quirky, offbeat personality that reads more expressive than formal.
The letterforms appear intended to capture the immediacy of a quick pen sketch: tall, minimal strokes, open counters, and intentionally imperfect consistency. The strong contrast between prominent uppercase and diminutive lowercase suggests a display-first approach aimed at expressive titles and playful emphasis.
The design mixes simple geometric impulses (clean circles and arcs) with improvised details such as slightly drifting baselines, variable crossbar placement, and occasional asymmetry. Numerals are similarly airy and handwritten, matching the tall, lightly drawn look of the letters.