Print Ingus 17 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, stickers, grunge, playful, handmade, casual, rugged, handmade look, analog texture, informal display, raw energy, visual punch, brushy, rough-edged, inked, blobby, uneven.
A hand-drawn, brushy print style with chunky strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms are mostly upright with a compact feel, showing uneven stroke terminals, slight wobble in curves, and occasional ink-like lumps that create a distressed silhouette. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with subtly inconsistent widths and spacing that reinforce an organic, drawn-by-hand rhythm. Counters tend to be small and soft-edged, and the overall texture reads as dry-brush or marker on paper rather than a clean digital outline.
Best suited for short, high-impact applications where texture is an asset: posters, headlines, event graphics, packaging, merch, and social tiles. It also works well for playful branding accents and logotype-style wordmarks when a handmade, roughened feel is desired, but is less appropriate for small UI text or lengthy reading.
The font conveys a scrappy, energetic tone—friendly and informal, with a rough, DIY attitude. Its imperfect edges and bouncy rhythm suggest handmade signage, zines, or street-art-inspired graphics rather than polished corporate typography.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident hand lettering made with a brush pen or marker, prioritizing personality and tactile texture over strict geometric consistency. Its deliberate roughness and variable rhythm aim to add immediacy and a crafted, analog presence to display typography.
At larger sizes the textured contours become a defining feature, creating a strong black mass and lively edge noise. In longer text blocks the irregular widths and heavy stroke weight can make the color feel dense and animated, so breathing room in tracking and line spacing helps maintain clarity.