Print Hileg 9 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, comics, playful, bouncy, cartoon, quirky, friendly, hand-drawn feel, high impact, informal tone, characterful display, playful branding, rounded, chunky, wobbly, soft, irregular.
A chunky, rounded display face with hand-drawn, uneven contours and a strong, inked silhouette. Strokes are broadly monoline and heavily weighted, with frequent bulb-like terminals and softly squared corners. The letterforms lean back slightly and show noticeable shape wobble and variable proportions, creating a lively rhythm rather than strict repetition. Counters are compact and often asymmetric, and joints/joins look casually carved rather than mechanically constructed, reinforcing an informal, drawn feel.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, playful branding, packaging, stickers, and comic-style titles. It also works well for children’s materials and event graphics where an energetic, hand-drawn voice is desired; it’s less appropriate for long-form text where the heavy texture can dominate.
The overall tone is humorous and kid-friendly, with a bouncy, cartoon energy that feels approachable and mischievous. Its back-leaning stance and blobby forms add a sense of motion and spontaneity, reading more like marker lettering than formal typography.
The design appears intended to mimic bold, quickly drawn marker or brush-lettering with an intentionally imperfect outline. Its emphasis on rounded mass, irregular rhythm, and a subtle back-lean suggests a focus on character and expressiveness over typographic precision.
In the sample text, the dense weight and irregular outlines create strong texture, with the darkest areas clustering where bowls and joins thicken. The figures and capitals keep the same playful wobble, helping headings feel cohesive even when mixing cases and numerals.