Print Esmu 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, signage, stickers, rustic, playful, handmade, organic, folksy, handmade texture, casual impact, diy signage, expressive display, brushy, rough-edged, chunky, irregular, textured.
A heavy, hand-drawn print style with blunt terminals, uneven stroke edges, and a subtly textured silhouette that suggests marker or brush lettering. Forms are compact and slightly condensed, with lively irregularities in curves and joins that keep the rhythm informal rather than geometric. Counters are generally open but vary in size, and the baseline/spacing feel loosely normalized, creating a bouncy, handcrafted texture in words and lines.
Best suited for short-to-medium display text where texture and personality are desirable: posters, product packaging, café or market signage, social graphics, and playful editorial headlines. It can also work for quotes and subheads when you want an intentionally rough, handmade feel; for longer reading, the dense texture is more effective at larger sizes.
The font reads casual and personable, with a rustic, slightly mischievous energy. Its roughened edges and uneven contours evoke handmade signage and DIY craft lettering, giving text a warm, approachable tone rather than a polished one.
Likely designed to mimic quick, confident hand lettering with a bold tool, preserving natural inconsistencies to keep the output expressive and human. The goal appears to be high-impact display readability while retaining a raw, drawn-by-hand character.
Capitals tend to be sturdy and blocky with simplified structure, while lowercase keeps a compact x-height and occasionally exaggerated strokes on ascenders/descenders for character. Numerals follow the same chunky, hand-inked logic, maintaining the informal texture across mixed content.