Print Gonew 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, children’s books, packaging, greeting cards, playful, quirky, casual, storybook, retro, hand-lettered feel, playful tone, casual display, whimsical voice, hand-drawn, bouncy, tall, spiky, irregular.
A tall, compressed hand-drawn print with a lively, forward-leaning stance and mostly monoline strokes. Letterforms are narrow and slightly wobbly, with uneven curves and subtly irregular terminals that suggest quick pen or marker drawing. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, creating a loose rhythm; counters are small to medium, and punctuation-like details (such as the t cross and angled joins) appear sharp and spontaneous rather than engineered. Numerals follow the same condensed, casual construction, keeping a consistent informal texture across the set.
Best suited to short display settings where personality is the priority: headlines, posters, packaging callouts, greeting cards, and playful branding. It can also work for brief passages in children’s or whimsical editorial contexts, especially at moderate sizes with comfortable leading to accommodate the tall, narrow forms.
The overall tone is friendly and mischievous, with a lightly eccentric personality that feels handmade and conversational. Its narrow, springy shapes and uneven detailing give it a storybook or comic-adjacent energy—more expressive than formal, and intentionally imperfect in a charming way.
The design appears intended to mimic informal hand lettering while staying legible and consistent enough for repeated use. Its condensed, energetic construction prioritizes character and humor, aiming to add a human, animated voice to titles and highlighted phrases.
In text, the font maintains a steady color despite its irregularities, but the condensed width and tall ascenders/descenders can make lines feel busy at small sizes. The most distinctive character comes from its inconsistent curves and angular, slightly jagged joins, which read as deliberate sketchiness rather than rough distressing.