Print Pukes 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, posters, packaging, craft labels, greeting cards, playful, quirky, friendly, casual, handmade, handmade charm, playful display, casual readability, human texture, rounded, blobby, bouncy, chunky, uneven.
A chunky, hand-drawn print with rounded, inked shapes and softly irregular contours. Strokes are heavy and mostly monolinear, but with subtle wobble and occasional swelling that suggests marker or brush pressure. Letterforms lean on simple, open structures with generous counters, uneven terminals, and a bouncy baseline/spacing rhythm; widths and proportions vary notably from glyph to glyph for an intentionally informal texture.
Works best at display sizes where the chunky strokes and lively irregularity can be appreciated—such as kids’ headlines, playful posters, casual packaging, craft labels, and greeting cards. It can also serve short bursts of UI or social text when a friendly, hand-drawn feel is desired, but it’s less suited to dense reading at small sizes.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, with a goofy, whimsical energy that feels like hand-lettering for crafts or kids’ materials. Its irregularities read as human and spontaneous rather than polished, giving it a warm, comedic personality.
The design appears intended to emulate casual marker-drawn lettering with a deliberately imperfect rhythm, prioritizing charm and personality over strict typographic uniformity. Its simplified, rounded constructions aim for quick readability while keeping a distinctly handmade, humorous character.
Caps have a slightly condensed, poster-like presence, while lowercase appears smaller and compact, reinforcing a short x-height feel in text. Numerals and punctuation (as seen in the sample) match the same soft, blobby construction, keeping a consistent handmade voice across mixed-case settings.