Print Elke 9 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, social media, logos, energetic, casual, handmade, sporty, dynamic, expressiveness, handmade feel, impact, speed, brushy, textured, slanted, angular, bouncy.
A slanted brush-pen script with compact proportions and a lively, uneven baseline. Strokes show clear pressure modulation with tapered entries and exits, frequent dry-brush texture, and occasional blunt terminals where the pen lifts. Letterforms are mostly unconnected and slightly angular, with narrow counters and tight internal spacing that create a dense, fast-written rhythm. Uppercase has tall, sweeping shapes and simplified structures, while lowercase remains compact with short ascenders/descenders and quick, gestural joins in places.
This font is well suited to short, prominent text such as posters, covers, punchy headlines, packaging callouts, and social media graphics where a handcrafted brush look adds immediacy. It performs best at medium-to-large sizes where the texture and tapering can be appreciated, and where tight spacing won’t impair readability.
The overall tone feels spontaneous and high-energy, like quick marker lettering made for attention-grabbing headlines. Its roughened edges and brisk slant communicate an informal, confident attitude with a slightly sporty, street-sign flavor rather than a polished calligraphic mood.
The design appears intended to mimic fast brush lettering—capturing real pen pressure, lift-off marks, and a slightly irregular rhythm—to deliver an expressive, handmade voice for display typography.
Consistency comes from repeated brush behaviors—tapered starts, heavy downstrokes, and textured fills—more than from strict geometric repetition. The numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten logic, keeping forms simple and legible while retaining the brush texture.