Print Fidey 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, social media, brushy, energetic, casual, confident, handmade, handmade feel, expressive display, fast brush, impactful titles, casual branding, dry brush, rough edges, slanted, compact, high energy.
A slanted, brush-printed handwritten style with compact proportions and lively stroke modulation. Letterforms show dry-brush texture, frayed terminals, and slightly irregular contours that mimic fast marker or paintbrush lettering. Curves are full and somewhat compressed, with frequent wedge-like entries and exits and a forward-leaning rhythm that keeps lines moving. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an authentic, hand-rendered feel while maintaining consistent overall weight and strong silhouette clarity.
Works best for short to medium-length display text where the brush texture can remain crisp, such as posters, cover art, product packaging, restaurant or event branding, and social media graphics. It can also add emphasis in pull quotes or section headers when paired with a cleaner text face for longer reading.
The font conveys an energetic, informal tone—bold enough to feel assertive, but textured and human enough to feel approachable. Its brush grain and quick, slanted motion suggest spontaneity and momentum, making it well suited to expressive, contemporary messaging rather than formal settings.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-painted brush lettering in a consistent, repeatable font, prioritizing personality and motion over geometric uniformity. Its compact, forward-leaning forms and textured edges aim to deliver high-impact display typography that feels personal and made-by-hand.
The texture is a prominent part of the design, with visible stroke drag and occasional thinning within counters and joins. Uppercase forms read like casual display caps rather than rigid titling capitals, while the numerals share the same brisk, brushed construction for cohesive mixed-content setting.