Print Edbup 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, music flyers, packaging, title cards, grunge, handmade, edgy, raw, quirky, distressed print, diy texture, worn stamp, display impact, distressed, rough, inked, jagged, condensed.
A condensed, upright hand-drawn print with low-contrast strokes and an intentionally distressed edge. Letterforms are built from simple, fairly geometric structures with rounded bowls and straight-sided stems, but the outlines show consistent irregular nicks, tapering, and broken-looking terminals that mimic dry ink or worn print. Spacing is tight and the rhythm is compact, with a relatively small x-height and tall ascenders/descenders creating a lean, vertical texture in text.
Best suited to short-form display use where a rough, handmade texture is desirable—posters, flyers, album/playlist artwork, title cards, and packaging accents. It can work for punchy subheads or labels when you want compact width and a deliberately imperfect finish.
The overall tone feels gritty and handmade—like stamped or photocopied lettering that’s been scuffed and re-inked. Its controlled narrowness keeps it legible, while the rough perimeter adds attitude and an underground, DIY character.
The design appears aimed at combining a condensed, readable print structure with a distressed, hand-rendered surface. The consistent wear along edges suggests a deliberate attempt to evoke stamped, screen-printed, or aged reproduction rather than polished digital outlines.
In the sample text, the distressed details become more noticeable at larger sizes, while at smaller sizes the texture reads as a subtle roughness along stems and curves. Numerals share the same worn-edge treatment, keeping a consistent voice across alphanumerics.