Print Essa 7 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social ads, headlines, apparel, brushy, lively, casual, energetic, expressive, handmade feel, headline impact, dynamic motion, casual tone, dry brush, textured, slanted, compact, punchy.
A compact, right-leaning handwritten brush style with strongly tapered strokes and a dry-brush texture that leaves uneven edges and occasional gaps in the fill. Letterforms are narrow with a brisk, forward rhythm, and the stroke endings often flick to sharp points or hooked terminals. Curves are slightly angular and forms are simplified, giving the alphabet a brisk, sketched feel while keeping counters relatively open for a brush script. Overall spacing is tight and the silhouette is jagged in a natural, marker-like way rather than smooth or calligraphically polished.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where personality is the goal: posters, packaging labels, social media graphics, event promos, album/playlist artwork, and apparel or sticker designs. It performs especially well for punchy headlines and callouts, and can be paired with a clean sans for supporting copy.
The font conveys an informal, energetic tone—like quick headline lettering made with a firm brush pen. Its texture and slant add urgency and movement, making it feel spontaneous, bold, and slightly gritty rather than refined.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident brush lettering in a compact footprint, prioritizing impact and motion over formal consistency. The dry-brush texture and pointed terminals reinforce a handmade, energetic look geared toward attention-grabbing display use.
Uppercase and lowercase maintain a consistent slanted ductus and textured stroke behavior, with noticeable variation in stroke thickness along a single letter that reads as pressure changes. Numerals share the same narrow, brisk construction and brushy terminals, helping the set feel cohesive in mixed text.