Print Tulip 13 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, packaging, posters, greeting cards, craft branding, whimsical, storybook, playful, folksy, friendly, human warmth, casual readability, handmade charm, lighthearted display, bouncy, rounded, brushy, quirky, organic.
This typeface has a hand-drawn print feel with lively, slightly irregular outlines and a brush-like stroke that thickens and thins subtly through curves and joins. Letterforms are generally narrow with tall ascenders and compact lowercase bodies, giving the line a buoyant, vertical rhythm. Terminals are rounded or softly tapered, and many shapes show gentle swellings and small asymmetries that keep the texture animated without becoming chaotic. Overall spacing is on the tight-to-moderate side, and the forms remain unconnected, emphasizing a casual handwritten texture rather than cursive flow.
It works well for short-to-medium text in cheerful contexts such as children’s publishing, playful posters, labels, menus, and packaging where a handmade tone is desirable. It can also serve as a personable display face for headlines and branding that benefits from an artisanal, friendly voice.
The tone is warm and whimsical, with a charming, storybook personality that feels approachable and lightly humorous. Its uneven, human rhythm suggests spontaneity and craft, making text feel less formal and more conversational.
The design appears intended to capture the look of confident hand lettering—clear and readable, but deliberately imperfect—balancing charm with enough consistency to hold together in sentences and longer lines.
Uppercase letters lean toward simplified, open forms with occasional calligraphic touches, while the lowercase includes distinctive looped descenders (notably on letters like g, j, y) that add character in running text. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, with rounded bowls and slightly idiosyncratic proportions that fit well in informal settings.