Print Pabi 13 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, social media, playful, scrappy, casual, youthful, lively, hand-drawn feel, informal voice, expressive display, diy texture, marker-like, rough-edged, blobby, uneven, bouncy.
A chunky hand-drawn print with thick, slightly uneven strokes and rounded, blobby terminals. Letterforms are largely upright but retain a loose baseline and irregular contours, with visible wobble and occasional stroke overlap that mimics a felt-tip or paint-marker fill. Counters tend to be small and compressed, and proportions vary from glyph to glyph, producing a lively, inconsistent rhythm. The overall color is dense and dark, with simplified shapes and minimal internal detailing.
Well-suited for attention-grabbing display uses such as posters, cover art, packaging callouts, stickers, and social media graphics where a hand-made voice is desirable. It also works for short bursts of text—captions, labels, or playful signage—when a rough, marker-drawn texture can enhance the message.
The font conveys an energetic, informal tone—friendly and a bit messy in an intentional, sketchbook way. Its rough edges and bouncy spacing suggest spontaneity, humor, and a DIY attitude rather than polish or restraint.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-lettered marker writing in a bold, highly legible print style. Its deliberate irregularity and heavy color aim to add personality and approachability, prioritizing expressive impact over typographic precision.
Capitals are bold and compact, while lowercase forms stay simple and single-storey in feel, supporting quick, handwritten readability. Numerals match the same loose construction and heavy fill, keeping a cohesive, drawn-on-paper personality across letters and figures.