Print Esmo 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, grunge, playful, handmade, rough, comic, hand-painted feel, textured impact, diy character, informal display, brushy, ragged, blotchy, chunky, inked.
A chunky hand-drawn print with heavy, brush-like strokes and intentionally uneven edges. Letterforms are mostly upright with slightly inconsistent widths and lively baseline wobble, giving the texture of wet ink or a marker dragged across paper. Counters are compact and sometimes partially closed, terminals end bluntly with occasional tapering, and the overall rhythm leans irregular rather than geometric. The lowercase is simple and rounded with short extenders, while caps read bold and compact for punchy display setting.
Best suited to short, high-impact copy such as posters, flyers, titles, stickers, and packaging where a handmade, gritty voice is desired. It can work for playful horror, indie music, streetwear-inspired branding, or comic-adjacent graphics, especially when set large to let the texture read clearly.
The font conveys a scrappy, energetic attitude—part mischievous, part DIY. Its rough contours and ink-splatter texture suggest immediacy and spontaneity, making the tone feel informal, a little rebellious, and humor-forward.
The design appears intended to emulate bold hand-painted lettering with visible brush drag and imperfect ink edges, prioritizing character and texture over strict regularity. It aims to deliver an expressive, attention-grabbing display voice that feels personal and raw.
At text sizes the distressed edges and tight counters add strong texture that can reduce clarity, while at larger sizes the brush artifacts become a defining stylistic feature. Numerals follow the same hand-painted construction and feel cohesive with the caps, supporting headline-style use.