Print Gakev 9 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, event promos, playful, spooky, handmade, rustic, quirky, handmade feel, themed display, high impact, casual tone, wobbly, blobby, rounded, inked, uneven.
A chunky, hand-drawn print style with thick, rounded strokes and noticeably irregular contours, as if made with a marker or heavy brush. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with soft corners, occasional bulb-like terminals, and gently wavy verticals that create an intentionally imperfect rhythm. Counters are small-to-medium and often asymmetrical, while joins and curves vary subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the handmade texture. Spacing reads a bit loose and organic in running text, with lively silhouette variation across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings such as posters, headlines, product packaging, stickers, and event promotions where a handmade vibe is desirable. It also works well for themed materials—craft markets, kids’ activities, and spooky-season graphics—especially when paired with simpler body text.
The overall tone is playful and slightly eerie, pairing friendly rounded shapes with a roughened, inky texture that can feel mysterious or Halloween-adjacent. Its irregularity gives it a casual, human presence—more crafty and mischievous than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to emulate casual, hand-inked lettering with a bold, tactile presence and deliberately uneven outlines. Its goal is to deliver instant personality and a slightly mischievous texture while remaining legible in headline and signage contexts.
In paragraphs, the heavy weight and textured edges create strong color and a poster-like impact; at smaller sizes the tighter counters and uneven edges may visually fill in. Numerals share the same blobby, hand-inked character, supporting informal display uses where personality is more important than strict uniformity.