Print Elmi 8 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, editorial, social ads, album art, casual, expressive, energetic, handmade, edgy, handmade voice, brush texture, display impact, casual tone, brushy, textured, jagged, angular, dry stroke.
A lively, brush-written print with a forward slant and noticeably variable stroke edges. Letterforms are built from quick, angular gestures with intermittent tapering and a slightly dry, textured finish that creates small notches and rough terminals. The rhythm is uneven in an intentional way, with subtle variation in widths and stroke pressure that keeps lines feeling hand-drawn rather than mechanically consistent. Numerals share the same brisk, calligraphic construction, with open counters and occasional sharp hooks.
Well-suited to short display settings where texture and personality can carry the message—posters, packaging callouts, headlines, pull quotes, and promotional graphics. It can also work for casual editorial titling or brand accents where an energetic, handmade voice is desirable, while longer passages benefit from generous size and leading.
The overall tone is informal and energetic, balancing approachability with a slightly gritty edge. Its brisk slant and roughened brush texture suggest motion, spontaneity, and a human presence, making it feel conversational rather than polished.
Designed to capture the immediacy of brush lettering in a legible, unconnected print style, emphasizing speed, texture, and expressive motion over uniform precision.
Uppercase forms tend to read bold and gestural, while lowercase maintains a looser, more note-like cadence; together they create strong contrast in emphasis when mixed in text. The texture is prominent at larger sizes and becomes a more general “inkiness” at smaller sizes, so spacing and line length matter for comfortable reading.