Print Elre 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, posters, game titles, packaging, headlines, rustic, medieval, hand-inked, storybook, occult, evoke history, add texture, create mood, handmade feel, rough, textured, spiky, angular, irregular.
This font has a hand-inked, blackletter-leaning print construction with jagged terminals and slightly broken-looking stroke edges. Strokes show subtle modulation and wobble, with uneven joins that suggest a broad-pen or brush-and-ink gesture rather than rigid geometry. The letterforms are generally compact and tall, with narrow internal counters and occasional wedge-like serifs and hooked endings. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, giving lines a lively, uneven rhythm while remaining readable at display sizes.
This design works best for short to medium-length display text such as book and album covers, fantasy or horror titles, theatrical posters, and themed packaging or labels. It can also suit logos and headings where a handcrafted, historical mood is desired, while extended body text may feel busy due to the rough detailing.
The overall tone feels rustic and old-world, evoking hand-lettered signage and manuscript-inspired titling. Its rough texture and sharp, thorny details add a slightly ominous, magical, or folkloric flavor, making it well suited to atmospheric or narrative-driven design.
The likely intention is to deliver a legible, handwritten display face that borrows from blackletter and early print aesthetics without becoming strictly calligraphic. Its controlled upright stance and consistent texture aim to provide strong character and atmosphere while still functioning in common titling scenarios.
Uppercase shapes carry the strongest medieval flavor, while the lowercase stays simpler but keeps the same scratchy edge quality and irregular stroke finishes. Numerals match the same hand-drawn character, with rounded forms that retain the textured, ink-worn silhouette.