Print Yiki 3 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, event flyers, packaging, energetic, edgy, handmade, gritty, expressive, speed, impact, roughness, urgency, brushy, textured, angular, condensed, casual.
A condensed, right-leaning brush style with irregular stroke edges and visible texture that suggests fast, dry-brush movement. Strokes show tapered starts and finishes, with occasional spur-like terminals and uneven thickness that creates a lively, hand-drawn rhythm. Letterforms are generally narrow and upright in construction but pushed forward by the slant; counters are compact, and spacing feels tight and dynamic rather than mechanically even. Uppercase has a sharp, angular silhouette, while lowercase remains simple and legible with a modest x-height and quick, abbreviated curves.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its texture and slant can do the work—posters, display headlines, event graphics, and bold packaging callouts. It also fits music- and nightlife-adjacent artwork and social graphics where a rough, energetic voice is desirable; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous leading help maintain clarity.
The font conveys speed and attitude, combining a handmade spontaneity with a slightly rough, street-poster edge. Its texture and sharp terminals give it an assertive, high-energy tone suited to attention-grabbing messages rather than quiet reading.
The design appears intended to emulate quick hand-painted lettering: compact forms for punch, a forward slant for motion, and rough brush texture for an authentic, analog feel. Consistency comes from repeated stroke behaviors and narrow proportions rather than strict geometric construction.
Across the set, the baseline feels slightly animated due to uneven stroke pressure and terminal flicks, which adds character in headlines but can increase visual noise in dense paragraphs. Numerals follow the same brushy, condensed logic, keeping a consistent texture and forward motion in mixed copy.