Print Tulug 1 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, greeting cards, playful, folksy, storybook, quirky, friendly, handcrafted feel, casual warmth, expressive display, human texture, rounded, lively, soft terminals, irregular rhythm, inked.
This typeface presents bold, hand-drawn letterforms with a lively, slightly uneven rhythm that keeps the texture human and informal. Strokes show modest contrast and a subtly inked feel, with many terminals finishing in soft, wedge-like flicks rather than clean cuts. Curves are full and rounded, counters are open, and proportions vary from glyph to glyph, creating a gently bouncy color across lines. The overall construction stays upright but embraces small inconsistencies in stroke angle and width that read as intentional, giving the alphabet a drawn-on-paper character.
It performs best in short-to-medium display settings such as headlines, posters, titles, and packaging where its handcrafted texture can be appreciated. It can also work for pull quotes, children’s or whimsical book covers, and greeting-card style applications. For longer passages, it’s most effective when given generous leading and comfortable measure to keep the lively shapes from feeling crowded.
The tone is warm and approachable, with a playful, storybook sensibility. Its quirky details and buoyant shapes suggest handcrafted charm rather than precision, making it feel friendly and slightly whimsical. The energetic terminals and rounded forms lend it a casual confidence suited to lighthearted messaging.
The design appears intended to capture the charm of informal, hand-drawn print lettering while remaining cohesive enough for setting words and short paragraphs. Expressive terminals and intentionally varied proportions emphasize personality and warmth over geometric regularity, aiming for an inviting, handmade visual voice.
Uppercase forms have a display-like presence with expressive curves and distinctive terminals, while lowercase maintains the same hand-rendered personality for continuous text. Numerals follow the same soft, drawn construction, with round shapes and slight asymmetries that match the alphabet’s informal texture. The font creates a strong, dark typographic color, so spacing and line length will noticeably affect the perceived density in paragraphs.