Print Emfi 9 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, social graphics, scrappy, playful, handmade, quirky, raw, handmade feel, high impact, casual voice, diy texture, brushy, textured, irregular, chunky, inked.
A compact, hand-drawn print style with thick, brush-like strokes and visibly uneven edges. Letterforms are narrow and tall, with simplified constructions, rounded terminals, and occasional angular joins that feel quickly painted rather than carefully plotted. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, adding a lively rhythm; counters are small and sometimes slightly pinched, giving the alphabet a dense, inky color on the page. The texture reads like marker or dry brush, with subtle wobble and organic stroke tapering throughout.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, product labels, and expressive social graphics where texture and attitude are assets. It can also work for logos or title treatments, especially when a handmade, informal feel is desired; for longer reading, the heavy ink texture and compact shapes are more likely to be used sparingly.
The overall tone is casual and mischievous, with a zine-like, DIY energy. Its imperfect outlines and compressed stance make it feel expressive and spontaneous, leaning more toward personality than polish.
This design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-lettered brush/marker writing in a tight, space-saving silhouette, prioritizing characterful texture and energetic irregularity over strict uniformity.
Capitals are especially attention-grabbing due to their height and narrow proportions, while lowercase remains compact and bouncy. Numerals and punctuation match the same rough, painted character, keeping the voice consistent across mixed-case settings.