Print Enlit 9 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, grunge, playful, handmade, rowdy, casual, handmade impact, rough texture, expressive display, diy character, brushy, textured, rough-edged, chunky, irregular.
A chunky, brush-drawn print face with dense fills and visibly ragged contours. Strokes show strong pressure variation at the edges rather than clean outlines, creating a blotty, inked texture and occasional tapering terminals. Proportions are compact with tight counters and a slightly uneven rhythm, and the set mixes rounded and angular constructions for an intentionally imperfect, hand-rendered consistency. Numerals and capitals carry the same heavy, painted mass, keeping a cohesive, poster-like silhouette across the character set.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, event flyers, and packaging where the rugged texture can read as intentional and expressive. It also works well for branding accents, album art, and social graphics that want a handmade, rebellious tone.
The overall tone is energetic and scrappy, with a mischievous, DIY attitude. Its rough texture and bold presence evoke zine graphics, hand-painted signage, and expressive marker or brush lettering, giving text a loud, human voice.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of hand-painted or brush-lettered printing—prioritizing personality, texture, and punch over polished uniformity. The goal appears to be an expressive display style that looks deliberately rough, bold, and human-made.
The texture is a defining feature: edges look dry-brushed or stamped, which adds character at display sizes but can compress interior space in smaller settings. Word shapes feel lively due to the slight irregularity and varied stroke endings.