Print Esse 1 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, social media, merch, energetic, casual, expressive, handmade, sporty, handmade feel, brush lettering, display impact, casual signage, brushy, dry brush, textured, angular, dynamic.
A slanted, brushy print face with compact proportions and a lively, uneven stroke texture. Letterforms are built from tapered, high-contrast strokes that swell and thin like a loaded brush, leaving occasional dry-brush speckling and rough edges. The overall rhythm is quick and gestural, with slightly irregular character widths and open counters that keep the silhouettes readable despite the textured rendering.
Works best in short to medium phrases where its texture and motion can read as a deliberate stylistic cue—posters, promo graphics, packaging accents, apparel, and social content. It can also serve as a contrasting display voice alongside clean sans text, but is less suited to long passages where the rough brush grain may accumulate visually.
The tone feels informal and energetic, like fast marker or brush lettering used for attention-grabbing messages. Its roughened texture and forward slant add urgency and personality, leaning toward a handmade, street-poster or sporty headline mood rather than polished editorial typography.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, hand-painted or brush-marker lettering with a punchy, forward-leaning stance. It prioritizes expressive stroke behavior and a handmade surface over geometric regularity, delivering a bold display voice that feels immediate and human.
Capitals and lowercase share a consistent forward angle, with many strokes ending in sharp, tapered terminals. Curves tend to be slightly angular and compressed, and punctuation/dots appear as small, brushy marks that match the dry texture of the main strokes.