Print Nogu 5 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, children’s, headlines, stickers, playful, casual, friendly, quirky, handmade, handmade feel, approachability, playful tone, informal voice, rounded, blunt, brushy, bouncy, informal.
A bold, marker-like handwritten print with rounded terminals and softly irregular outlines. Strokes keep a generally even thickness with low contrast, but show natural wobble and slight swelling as if drawn with a felt-tip. Counters are open and generously sized, curves are broad, and straight segments are slightly bowed, creating a loose rhythm. Proportions skew wide with relaxed spacing, and the lowercase reads compact with a comparatively short x-height and simple, single-storey forms.
Best suited to display settings where a casual, human voice is desired—posters, product packaging, labels, stickers, and playful branding. It also works well for short headlines, quotes, invitations, and kid-oriented materials where warmth and approachability matter more than typographic precision.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, with a doodled, off-the-cuff energy that feels personal rather than polished. Its uneven edges and bouncy baseline suggest warmth and humor, making it feel conversational and lightly mischievous without becoming chaotic.
The design appears intended to mimic quick marker lettering with a consistent stroke and intentionally imperfect contours, prioritizing charm and immediacy. By keeping forms simple and wide while preserving subtle hand variation, it aims to deliver a readable yet distinctly handmade texture.
Letterforms favor clarity over calligraphic detail: shapes are simplified, joins are minimal, and many glyphs have subtly different widths that enhance the hand-drawn feel. The figures follow the same rounded, blunt style, and the sample text shows consistent texture across longer lines, forming a dark, friendly paragraph color at display sizes.