Print Kalep 8 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, packaging, posters, greeting cards, craft branding, playful, friendly, casual, whimsical, childlike, hand-printed feel, approachability, playfulness, casual readability, rounded, bubbly, soft, informal, quirky.
A rounded, hand-drawn print face with monoline strokes and softly blunted terminals. Letterforms are built from simple, open curves with a gentle wobble that keeps the rhythm lively without becoming messy. Capitals are roomy and slightly irregular in proportion, while lowercase forms stay compact with small counters and a notably short x-height, creating a bouncy baseline texture in text. Numerals are similarly simplified and rounded, matching the overall soft, marker-like construction.
This font suits short-to-medium display text where an informal, personable voice is desirable—children’s titles, classroom materials, playful packaging, stickers, invitations, and cheerful poster headlines. It can also work for brief captions or UI microcopy when you want a friendly handwritten feel, provided sizes allow its small counters to stay open.
The overall tone is warm, approachable, and lightly goofy—more like neat handwriting than a formal type system. Its unevenness and rounded shapes give it a friendly, kid-facing energy that feels conversational and upbeat.
The letterforms appear designed to emulate a clean, hand-printed marker style: approachable, simple, and intentionally imperfect. The goal seems to be a consistently playful texture that remains readable while retaining the charm of drawn lettering.
The design favors clarity through broad, open shapes (notably in round letters) while keeping a deliberately casual consistency in stroke and curve behavior. Ascenders and descenders are present but not dramatic, and the silhouette of words reads as gently undulating rather than rigid.