Print Hagaw 8 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, book covers, branding, playful, quirky, hand-drawn, whimsical, casual, add personality, handmade feel, display impact, informal tone, angular, brushy, inked, uneven, lively.
A lively hand-drawn print with broad, rounded forms interrupted by sharp, chiseled terminals and wedge-like cuts. Strokes show noticeable modulation and occasional tapering, creating a brush-and-ink feel rather than uniform outlines. Curves are slightly irregular and the counters tend to be open and asymmetric, with some letters (like C, G, S, and e) showing distinctive bite-like notches. Spacing and sidebearings feel intentionally uneven, giving the line a bouncy rhythm while remaining legible in short passages.
This font is best suited to display settings where character and texture matter—posters, headlines, packaging, and cover typography. It can also work for branding and short UI labels when a casual, hand-rendered voice is desired, while longer text is more effective at larger sizes where the irregularities stay clear.
The overall tone is playful and a little mischievous, like lettering made for a storybook, game title, or handmade poster. Its jagged accents and offbeat curves add personality and motion, keeping the texture energetic and informal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick, confident hand lettering while maintaining a consistent alphabet for repeated use. The carved terminals and modulated strokes suggest a deliberate effort to add punch and individuality to each glyph without sacrificing overall readability.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same expressive construction, with simplified, single-storey lowercase forms and clear, graphic numerals that echo the cut-in and tapered-stroke motif. The silhouettes are bold and high-impact, with distinctive terminals that read as hand-shaped strokes rather than mechanical geometry.