Print Emvy 9 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, comics, playful, handmade, rowdy, quirky, casual, handmade feel, high impact, casual voice, expressive texture, attention grab, brushy, rugged, textured, chunky, bouncy.
A chunky, hand-drawn print face with brush-like stroke edges and visibly irregular contours. Stems and bowls are compact and slightly compressed, with uneven stroke buildup that creates a rugged, inked texture. Letterforms show simplified construction and lively inconsistencies in widths and curves, producing an energetic rhythm while keeping overall alignment fairly steady. The lowercase is straightforward and legible, with round, open counters and short ascenders/descenders that keep text blocks dense and punchy.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, punchy headlines, packaging callouts, labels, stickers, and playful branding. It can also work for comic-style captions and social graphics where a handmade, energetic voice is desired, while longer paragraphs may feel heavy due to its dense color.
The font feels informal and mischievous, like quick marker lettering made for attention rather than polish. Its rough edges and bouncy shapes give it a friendly, comic tone that can read as spontaneous, crafty, or slightly rebellious.
The design appears intended to emulate bold, quick brush or marker lettering with a deliberately imperfect finish. Its goal is to deliver immediacy and personality—favoring expressive texture and presence over refined, typographic regularity.
At larger sizes the textured edges and blunt terminals become a defining feature; at smaller sizes they may visually fill in and darken word shapes. Numerals match the same hand-painted heft and simplified geometry, supporting a cohesive, poster-like texture across mixed copy.