Print Vanel 4 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, greeting cards, kids content, playful, quirky, casual, friendly, hand-drawn, hand-lettered feel, friendly tone, quirky display, casual branding, monoline, airy, tall, spindly, bouncy.
A hand-drawn print style with tall, slender letterforms and a lightly irregular monoline stroke. Curves are soft and slightly wobbly, while straight stems stay mostly vertical, creating an upright but casual rhythm. Proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, with narrow counters and long ascenders/descenders that give the alphabet a stretched, airy silhouette. Terminals are blunt to softly rounded, and the overall spacing feels open and loose rather than mechanically even.
Best suited to short display settings where its tall, playful personality can be appreciated—such as posters, invitations, greeting cards, casual packaging, and social graphics. It can also work for captions or short blurbs when a handmade, friendly tone is desired, but the narrow, lively rhythm favors larger sizes for comfortable reading.
The font reads personable and informal, with a whimsical, slightly eccentric charm. Its uneven cadence and narrow, elongated shapes suggest quick marker or pen lettering, giving text a lighthearted, handmade tone suited to friendly messaging rather than formal communication.
The design appears intended to emulate neat but spontaneous hand lettering: simple unconnected forms with deliberate irregularities for warmth and personality. Its narrow, elongated proportions help create a distinctive, space-saving display voice while keeping an informal, approachable feel.
In the samples, the mixed-case texture is distinctive: uppercase letters appear especially tall and attention-grabbing, while the lowercase stays compact and simple, producing strong size contrast within words. Numerals follow the same narrow, lightly irregular construction, maintaining a consistent hand-drawn character across the set.