Print Ilto 2 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, halloween, branding, gothic, spooky, storybook, playful, theatrical, thematic display, dramatic emphasis, decorative texture, gothic cueing, angular, calligraphic, wedge-serifed, spiky, irregular.
A condensed display face with hand-drawn, calligraphic construction and strong black presence. Strokes taper into sharp, wedge-like terminals and pointed joins, creating a chiseled rhythm that reads as brushed or pen-cut rather than geometric. Counters are compact and often asymmetrical, with lively, slightly uneven curves that keep the texture active across a line. Capitals are tall and narrow with dramatic diagonals and hooked details, while lowercase maintains a consistent, readable skeleton with occasional exaggerated descenders and angular shoulders.
Best suited to short bursts of text such as posters, event titles, packaging callouts, and display headlines where its jagged terminals and condensed stance can provide character. It also works well for themed materials—especially eerie, fantasy, or storybook contexts—when set with generous tracking and clear hierarchy.
The overall tone feels gothic and slightly mischievous, blending spooky blackletter cues with an informal, illustrative energy. It suggests fairy-tale headlines, Halloween theatrics, and dramatic emphasis without becoming strictly traditional or formal.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, hand-rendered blackletter-inspired flavor in a compact footprint, prioritizing personality and dramatic texture over neutral readability. Its forms aim to evoke carved or brush-cut lettering suitable for attention-grabbing display typography.
The font’s texture is driven by repeated wedge terminals and sharp notches, producing strong silhouette recognition at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same pointed, calligraphic logic, with distinctive shapes that lean decorative rather than utilitarian.