Print Ekbof 5 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, stickers, social graphics, playful, grungy, handmade, quirky, casual, handmade texture, casual impact, expressive display, diy character, brushy, blotchy, rounded, chunky, irregular.
A bold, hand-drawn print style with thick, brush-like strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms are rounded and slightly inflated, with variable stroke width, occasional ink pooling, and uneven terminals that create a textured silhouette. Proportions are loose and inconsistent in an intentional way: widths and counters vary from glyph to glyph, and curves often wobble rather than forming perfect bowls. The lowercase shows a notably small x-height relative to tall ascenders and descenders, while caps feel broad and blocky, giving the overall set a chunky, high-impact rhythm.
Best suited to short headlines and punchy display settings where texture and personality are an asset, such as posters, packaging callouts, stickers, and social or editorial graphics. It can also work for playful branding accents, but the heavy, irregular stroke texture is less suited to extended small-size text.
The tone is informal and mischievous, like marker lettering made quickly but confidently. Its roughened edges and bouncy spacing read as human and spontaneous, leaning toward a crafty, DIY attitude rather than polished signage.
The design appears intended to mimic thick marker or brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect finish, prioritizing personality and tactile texture over geometric consistency. It aims to deliver an approachable, handmade look that feels energetic and expressive in prominent applications.
The font maintains a consistent stroke heft across the set, but embraces irregularity in curves, joins, and internal counters, which adds character at display sizes. Numerals follow the same hand-rendered logic, with rounded shapes and uneven weight distribution that matches the letters.