Print Ebbov 9 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, book covers, film posters, game branding, halloween promos, eerie, spindly, arcane, hand-drawn, aged, distressed display, occult mood, hand-inked feel, dramatic caps, wispy, scratchy, ragged, calligraphic, spiky.
A spindly, hand-drawn print face with hairline strokes and abrupt, ink-like breaks that make contours feel frayed and irregular. Uppercase letters are tall and gestural, often built from long, tapering stems with small hooks and thorny terminals, while lowercase forms are simpler and more restrained, with compact bowls and a delicate serif-like finish. Curves are slightly lopsided and outlines wander subtly, creating an intentionally unstable rhythm; joins and counters vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a drawn-by-hand construction.
Best suited to short display settings such as horror or fantasy titles, book and album covers, posters, and game branding where an unsettling hand-rendered texture is desired. It works especially well for initials, all-caps words, or sparse headings, and is less appropriate for long passages or small UI text due to its delicate, distressed stroke quality.
The overall tone is eerie and ritualistic, like scratched ink on parchment or a quick sketch for a gothic title card. Its fragile strokes and ragged edges convey tension and mystery more than warmth, giving text a haunted, spellbook-like presence.
The design appears aimed at creating a dramatic, hand-inked display voice that feels occult, worn, and slightly chaotic. By pairing expressive, spiky capitals with comparatively modest lowercase, it supports cinematic headline styling while keeping mixed-case text legible enough for short lines.
The sample text shows a strong split in personality between the dramatic uppercase and the quieter lowercase, so capitalization becomes a key stylistic tool. The thin strokes and frequent breaks make the design feel most at home at larger sizes where its texture can read as intentional rather than accidental.