Print Ekbom 3 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, social media, album art, raw, energetic, casual, rugged, playful, handmade feel, high impact, expressive texture, casual voice, brushy, textured, marker-like, chunky, irregular.
A robust, brush-drawn print hand with thick, rounded strokes and visibly uneven edges that retain a natural ink/paint texture. Letterforms lean forward with a lively slant, and proportions vary from glyph to glyph, creating an organic rhythm rather than a rigid baseline-and-capline system. Counters are generally open and simplified, with blunt terminals and occasional flare where strokes begin or end, reinforcing a hand-rendered feel. The overall silhouette is dark and emphatic, with irregular stroke boundaries providing visual grain at both display and larger text sizes.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where texture and personality are desirable: posters, headlines, promotional graphics, packaging accents, and social media visuals. It can also work for punchy pull quotes or subheads when set with generous line spacing to accommodate the irregular stroke edges.
The tone is informal and expressive, with a spontaneous, hand-made character that feels energetic and slightly rebellious. Its roughened brush texture suggests immediacy and attitude—more street-poster than stationery—while remaining friendly and approachable in longer phrases.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, confident brush lettering in an unconnected print style—prioritizing character, impact, and hand-made texture over typographic precision. Its forward slant and chunky strokes aim to deliver immediacy and strong visual presence in expressive branding and editorial display.
Spacing and sidebearings read as intentionally loose and uneven, contributing to a natural handwritten cadence. The uppercase set is especially bold and chunky, while the lowercase maintains the same brush logic with simplified joins and single-stroke construction that keeps the voice consistent across text.