Print Utbey 6 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, playful, folksy, retro, hand-drawn, friendly, human warmth, display impact, retro flavor, informal voice, rounded, soft serifs, bouncy, chunky, organic.
A compact, dark text face with hand-drawn construction and slightly irregular curves that keep the rhythm lively. Strokes are heavy with subtly tapered endings and small, soft wedge-like terminals that read as informal serifs rather than strict slab forms. Counters are relatively tight and the overall proportions are tall, with a prominent x-height and short extenders that help the lowercase feel sturdy and dense. The letterforms mix rounded bowls with gently pinched joins, creating a bouncy, uneven baseline impression even while staying upright and controlled.
Best suited to display use where a handmade voice is desirable: posters, headings, storefront-style signage, packaging, and brand marks that want warmth and personality. It can also work for short blurbs or pull quotes at larger sizes where the dense weight and compact spacing help it hold together cleanly.
The font projects an upbeat, approachable tone—casual and a little quirky, like brush-and-marker lettering cleaned up for consistent typesetting. Its softened terminals and compact width give it a retro, sign-painter flavor that feels friendly rather than formal, making text feel conversational and handcrafted.
The design appears intended to translate informal hand lettering into a bold, dependable display style—maintaining human irregularity and playful terminals while staying consistent enough for repeated use in branding and titling.
The uppercase carries a poster-like presence with simplified shapes, while the lowercase shows more personality through rounded forms and distinctive terminals. Numerals match the same chunky, handwritten logic, keeping color consistent across mixed content and short text strings.