Print Yiba 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social ads, merch, event promos, energetic, casual, expressive, handmade, lively, handmade feel, fast headline, casual branding, expressive emphasis, brushy, textured, slanted, angular, tapered.
A brisk, handwritten brush style with a consistent rightward slant and a narrow overall footprint. Strokes show clear pressure variation, with thicker downstrokes and tapered, occasionally dry-brush terminals that leave a slightly textured edge. Letterforms are mostly unconnected, with quick, angular joins and open counters that keep the shapes legible despite the speed of the writing. Proportions feel tall and compact, with small lowercase bodies and relatively prominent ascenders and capitals, creating a bouncy rhythm across words.
Best suited to short display settings where a handwritten, energetic tone is desirable—posters, packaging callouts, social graphics, event promotions, and merchandise slogans. It can also work for emphasis lines or pull quotes when paired with a calmer text face, rather than for long-form reading.
The font reads as spontaneous and personal, like fast marker or brush-pen lettering used for notes, labels, and informal headlines. Its lively slant and tapered endings add urgency and motion, while the imperfect edges contribute a human, approachable character.
The design appears intended to capture quick brush handwriting in a clean, repeatable font, balancing expressive stroke texture with enough consistency to remain readable in headlines and punchy phrases. The compact lowercase and italic slant aim to maximize motion and personality without relying on connected script forms.
Capitals carry strong gesture and simplified structures, while the lowercase stays compact and sketch-like, reinforcing the small-body feel. Numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten logic with slanted, single-stroke constructions and slightly varied widths, supporting an authentic hand-drawn cadence in mixed text.