Print Obkiw 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, craft branding, book covers, handmade, quirky, rustic, playful, casual, handmade texture, informal voice, expressive display, inked lettering, brushy, rough-edged, inked, wiry, bouncy.
A lively hand-drawn print face with brush-and-ink texture, showing uneven stroke edges, small blots, and occasional open counters. Letterforms are mostly upright with a narrow overall footprint and visibly varied character widths, producing a slightly irregular rhythm. Strokes swing from thin, scratchy lines to thicker, dabbed terminals, creating a high-contrast, dry-brush feel. Curves are often slightly angular or kinked, and joins are simplified rather than calligraphically smooth, reinforcing a sketched, handmade construction.
Well suited to display contexts where a handmade, inked voice is desirable—posters, packaging, labels, café menus, and cover typography. It can also work for short callouts, captions, and informal branding, especially when paired with a cleaner companion for longer reading passages.
The overall tone is informal and human, with a quirky, slightly scruffy energy that feels approachable rather than polished. Its inky imperfections and bouncing spacing suggest spontaneity and a playful, crafty personality.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident hand lettering made with a brush pen or loaded marker, preserving natural inconsistencies and texture. Its narrow proportions and high-contrast stroke behavior aim to create strong visual character and immediacy without connecting letters.
Capitals appear bold and gestural, while lowercase maintains a compact, handwritten simplicity with a relatively short x-height and tall ascenders that add vertical sparkle. Figures share the same irregular brush texture and look best when their roughness is allowed to read at display sizes rather than being forced into tight micro-typography.