Print Nozu 9 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s media, packaging, posters, greeting cards, craft branding, playful, friendly, casual, handmade, quirky, hand lettering, approachability, informality, warmth, readability, rounded, wobbly, bouncy, chunky, soft.
A rounded, marker-like print face with softly irregular outlines and gently wobbly stroke edges that keep the texture visibly handmade. Strokes are fairly uniform with subtle thick–thin variation and rounded terminals, giving forms a chunky, padded feel. Proportions are open and legible with broad counters and generous curves; the rhythm is lively rather than strictly geometric, and widths vary slightly from glyph to glyph for an informal, drawn look.
This font suits children’s products, playful packaging, classroom materials, and casual branding where a friendly handwritten feel is desired. It also works well for posters, invitations, greeting cards, and short-to-medium text blocks that benefit from an informal, personable voice.
The overall tone is warm and approachable, with a lighthearted, kid-friendly energy. Its imperfect, hand-drawn consistency reads as personal and casual, making text feel conversational and upbeat rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to emulate casual hand lettering with a clean, printable structure—prioritizing approachability and legibility while preserving the quirks and warmth of drawn strokes.
Caps and lowercase share the same soft, rounded construction, and the figures follow the same hand-drawn logic with simple, friendly shapes. In longer text, the slightly uneven stroke edges and bouncy spacing create a textured, organic color that feels like felt-tip lettering.