Print Dadad 9 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, posters, game ui, event titles, packaging, playful, storybook, hand-drawn, quirky, whimsical, hand-lettered feel, add personality, casual display, whimsical tone, expressive texture, organic, brushy, tapered, spiky, lively.
A hand-drawn print face with brush-like strokes and tapered terminals that often end in sharp, wedgey points. Letterforms are slender and slightly irregular, with a lively, uneven rhythm and occasional asymmetry that suggests quick pen or brush movement. Curves are open and simplified, counters stay fairly clear, and verticals tend to feel slightly elastic in width, giving the line a natural, sketched quality. Overall spacing reads a bit loose and bouncy, reinforcing the informal construction.
Best suited to display sizes where the tapered stroke texture and quirky silhouettes can be appreciated—such as children’s covers, playful posters, party or seasonal promotions, casual packaging, and game titles/UI accents. It can also work for short bursts of body text in friendly contexts, but it’s most effective for headings, captions, and emphasized phrases.
The tone is light, mischievous, and storybook-like—more charming than polished. Its spiky taps and casual proportions add a hint of fantasy or spooky-playful energy, making the text feel animated and expressive without becoming chaotic.
The design appears intended to mimic informal hand lettering with a brush or marker, prioritizing personality and motion over geometric regularity. Its narrow, pointy terminals and simplified shapes suggest a font meant to quickly inject character into titles and branding with a whimsical, slightly edgy flair.
Uppercase forms lean tall and gestural, while lowercase forms keep a compact, handwritten simplicity; the dotted i/j and the numerals follow the same tapered, brushy logic. The texture is consistent across the alphabet, but individual letters retain enough variation to preserve a genuine hand-rendered feel.