Print Ugrot 1 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, branding, expressive, handmade, playful, rustic, dramatic, handmade feel, display impact, brush lettering, expressive texture, brushy, textured, tapered, spiky, calligraphic.
An expressive hand-drawn print face with brush-pen construction and pronounced thick-to-thin modulation. Strokes show tapered entries, pointed terminals, and occasional ink-like wobble that gives a textured, organic edge. Proportions run tall and compact with tight sidebearings, while counters are irregular and slightly pinched, producing a lively, uneven rhythm. Uppercase forms mix sharp diagonals and flared strokes; lowercase keeps a casual printed feel with simplified bowls and narrow arches. Numerals match the same brush logic, with angled curves and varying stroke pressure.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as headlines, posters, packaging, and brand marks where its brush contrast and pointed terminals can carry visual character. It can also work for book covers, event titles, and social graphics, especially when some texture and irregularity are desirable over strict uniformity.
The overall tone is energetic and handmade, balancing a playful informality with a slightly dramatic, gothic-leaning sharpness in its terminals and contrast. It feels crafty and expressive rather than polished, suggesting personality and immediacy like lettering made with a loaded brush.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush lettering in an unconnected, printable style—capturing pressure changes, tapered ends, and small imperfections to deliver a bold, hand-made voice. Its compact proportions and dramatic stroke modulation aim to maximize impact in display use.
Texture and stroke pressure vary from glyph to glyph, creating a natural, hand-rendered inconsistency that reads as intentional. The narrow internal spacing and spiky details can build dense color in longer lines, while the strong modulation keeps individual words visually distinctive.