Print Dabol 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, packaging, greeting cards, quirky, playful, storybook, crafty, vintage, handmade charm, expressive display, quirky voice, informal warmth, irregular, spiky, hand-drawn, whimsical, textured.
This font presents hand-drawn, print-style letterforms with an intentionally uneven rhythm and variable proportions. Strokes are mostly monoline with subtle swelling and tapering, and many terminals end in sharp, wedge-like points or slightly hooked flicks. Curves are imperfect and sometimes asymmetric, with occasional pinched counters and idiosyncratic bowls that give the alphabet a lively, improvised feel. Spacing and widths fluctuate from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade texture rather than a strictly engineered system.
This font works best for short to medium-length display settings where personality is the priority—headlines, posters, book covers, game titles, packaging callouts, and greeting cards. It can also suit pull quotes or section headers when paired with a calmer body typeface to maintain readability.
The overall tone is whimsical and offbeat, suggesting a playful, slightly mischievous personality. Its spiky terminals and irregular shapes add a hint of eccentricity that feels crafty and informal, like lettering made for a quirky title or character voice rather than neutral reading text.
The design appears intended to emulate casual hand lettering with a distinctive, stylized edge—prioritizing character, motion, and charm over strict consistency. Its irregular strokes and pointed terminals suggest a deliberate effort to create a memorable, handcrafted voice for expressive display typography.
Capitals are especially expressive, with angular joins and decorative inflections that can read as display-focused. Numerals follow the same hand-rendered logic, with simplified forms and occasional exaggerated curves that keep them consistent with the alphabet’s naïve, drawn quality.