Print Emse 14 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event promos, brushy, casual, lively, grungy, energetic, hand-painted feel, texture emphasis, high impact, informal voice, dry brush, textured, inked, rough, punchy.
A brush-pen style print face with dense, inky strokes and visibly rough, textured edges. Letterforms lean forward and show uneven stroke pressure, creating a natural rhythm with small wobble and organic tapering at joins and terminals. Counters are compact and sometimes partially filled by stroke texture, while rounded shapes (O, C, G, e) stay open enough to read at display sizes. Overall spacing is moderately tight and the line of text feels animated rather than mechanically uniform.
Best suited to display applications where texture and movement are an asset: posters, headlines, packaging labels, and promotional graphics. It can also work for short pull quotes or social content, but the rough stroke detail suggests avoiding long body copy or very small sizes.
The font projects an informal, handmade voice—confident, quick, and slightly rugged. Its dry-brush texture adds a streetwise, DIY tone that can feel playful or edgy depending on color and context.
The design appears intended to mimic fast hand-painted lettering with a loaded brush, emphasizing texture, forward momentum, and bold silhouette impact. Consistency comes from repeated brush behaviors (taper, pooling, and ragged edges) rather than strict geometric construction.
Uppercase forms have strong, simplified silhouettes that hold up well in short words, while lowercase feels more scribbled and gestural, especially in letters like a, g, and y. Numerals match the same brushed construction, with chunky, expressive curves and angled strokes that favor personality over strict alignment.