Print Tilus 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: kids, packaging, posters, social, headlines, playful, friendly, casual, quirky, handmade, handmade warmth, approachability, playful display, casual readability, rounded, brushy, bouncy, soft, chunky.
A compact, hand-drawn print with thick, rounded strokes and subtly uneven contours that preserve a marker/brush feel. Letterforms are mostly upright with gently tapered terminals, bulb-like joins, and a lively, slightly irregular baseline rhythm. Counters tend to be small and soft-edged, while curves are generous and corners are blunted, creating a dense, high-ink silhouette. Proportions vary per glyph, with simplified construction and occasional idiosyncrasies (notably in diagonals and bowls) that reinforce the handmade character.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where personality is the priority: children’s materials, playful branding, casual packaging, event posters, social graphics, and expressive headlines. It can also work for brief captions or pull quotes when a friendly, handmade texture is desired.
The overall tone is cheerful and informal, reading like quick handwritten lettering cleaned up for consistent set text. Its bouncy shapes and soft terminals suggest approachability and humor rather than precision or formality.
The design appears intended to emulate bold, informal hand lettering with a consistent stroke weight and easy readability, balancing a cartoonish warmth with enough structure for clean display use.
Uppercase and lowercase maintain a cohesive stroke voice, but with intentionally uneven widths and small shape quirks that keep the texture from feeling mechanical. Numerals match the same rounded, heavy styling, making the set feel unified in mixed alphanumeric contexts.