Print Igje 11 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, reverse italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, comics, event flyers, edgy, playful, handmade, rebellious, retro, impact, handmade texture, attitude, informality, expressiveness, angular, spiky, brushed, expressive, irregular.
A compact, brushy handwritten display with tapered strokes, sharp terminals, and frequent angular turns that give the letters a slightly spiky silhouette. The stroke width varies within each character, with chisel-like thick-to-thin behavior and occasional ink-buildup shapes at joins. Forms are loosely constructed and intentionally inconsistent in width and stance, creating a lively, uneven rhythm; counters are often small and pinched, and curves tend to be flattened or kinked rather than smoothly round. Numerals and lowercase share the same gestural construction, with simplified, sketch-like structures and strong directional slanting that adds speed and tension.
Best suited for short display settings where personality is the priority: posters, punchy headlines, music or nightlife graphics, comic-style titling, and informal event flyers. It can also work for logo-like wordmarks when a rough, hand-drawn edge is desired, but the dense, spiky forms make it less comfortable for long passages at small sizes.
The overall tone feels energetic and mischievous—part street-note, part punk flyer—mixing humor with a rough, scratchy edge. Its jagged brush movement and compact spacing read as assertive and attention-seeking rather than refined, lending an expressive, slightly rebellious personality.
The design appears intended to capture a fast, brush-drawn marker look with deliberately jagged contours and compact proportions, prioritizing expressive rhythm over uniform construction. It aims to feel spontaneous and bold, like hand-lettering made for impact in display contexts.
The font’s texture is driven by visible pen/brush pressure changes and abrupt hooks on ascenders and terminals. Consistency is maintained more through repeated gestures (tapers, spikes, compressed proportions) than through strict geometry, so it reads best when allowed to feel handmade and imperfect.