Print Eski 9 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, stickers, grunge, handmade, playful, quirky, rugged, handmade effect, rough texture, display impact, casual tone, brushy, textured, inked, irregular, condensed.
A condensed, hand-drawn print style with thick strokes and visibly uneven edges, as if made with a dry brush or marker. Letterforms show deliberate irregularities in stroke width, terminal shapes, and contour smoothness, creating a textured, slightly distressed silhouette. Counters are generally open and simple, and the overall rhythm is lively with small variations in width and vertical proportions across glyphs. Numerals and capitals maintain the same rugged, inked presence, with a compact footprint and assertive color on the page.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture is an asset: posters, event promos, packaging labels, album/cover art, social graphics, and stickers. It can work for brief blurbs or pull quotes at comfortable sizes, but the distressed edges and heavy color make it less ideal for long-form body copy or small UI text.
The font conveys an energetic, handcrafted attitude—rough around the edges, casual, and expressive. Its worn texture and punchy forms suggest a DIY, street-poster sensibility that feels bold and approachable rather than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to mimic bold, quickly painted or stamped lettering with a rough ink texture—prioritizing personality and impact over typographic refinement. It aims to deliver a strong handmade look that feels spontaneous and attention-grabbing in display applications.
In running text, the dense black texture and irregular contours become a prominent stylistic feature; spacing and glyph variability add character but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. The lowercase has a straightforward printed construction (unconnected), while certain letters show distinctive, slightly quirky shaping that reinforces the handmade feel.