Print Eknuf 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, children’s books, playful, grungy, handmade, casual, comic, handmade feel, informal voice, diy texture, playful display, rough, textured, blotty, chunky, uneven.
A chunky, hand-drawn print face with heavily irregular outlines and a blotty, inked texture. Strokes are thick and somewhat lumpy, with subtle waviness and occasional nicks that create a distressed edge. Forms are generally rounded with simplified geometry, loose terminals, and slightly inconsistent proportions from glyph to glyph, producing an organic rhythm. Counters tend to be small-to-medium and sometimes off-center, and spacing reads natural rather than mechanically even.
Best suited to posters, headlines, packaging, and other short, attention-grabbing applications where its rough hand-made texture can be appreciated. It can also work for playful editorial callouts, stickers, and craft-oriented branding that benefits from an unrefined, human feel.
The overall tone is informal and energetic, with a playful, slightly scruffy attitude reminiscent of marker lettering or stamped paint. Its rough texture and uneven contours add a DIY, zine-like character that feels approachable rather than polished.
The design appears intended to simulate casual hand-lettering with a deliberately imperfect, textured finish, prioritizing personality and immediacy over typographic precision. It aims to provide a bold, friendly voice that reads like quickly painted or marker-drawn lettering.
The texture is a defining feature: edges look worn and ink coverage varies, which can create lively color at display sizes but may reduce crispness in small text. Numerals and capitals share the same rugged, hand-inked construction, keeping the set visually cohesive.