Print Osnof 8 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, posters, social media, quotes, invitations, casual, friendly, playful, personal, breezy, handwritten realism, approachability, informal branding, everyday notes, light display, monoline, tall, airy, loose, rounded.
A tall, airy handwritten print with a monoline feel and gentle, brushlike modulation. Strokes are smooth and slightly wobbly, with rounded terminals and occasional tapered entries that suggest quick pen movement. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with open counters and a relaxed baseline rhythm that varies subtly from glyph to glyph. Capitals are simple and upright in structure but maintain a slight forward lean; lowercase forms are compact with small bowls and short extenders, keeping the texture light and uncluttered. Numerals follow the same casual, hand-drawn construction with soft curves and uneven, humanized proportions.
Works well for short-to-medium display text where a friendly handwritten presence is desired—packaging, café-style menus, posters, invitations, and social media graphics. It can also serve as an accent face for headings or pull quotes when paired with a more neutral text font.
The overall tone is informal and approachable, like neat handwriting used for notes or labels. Its light, narrow rhythm and gentle slant read as conversational and easygoing, with a playful warmth rather than a formal calligraphic voice.
Likely intended to capture a clean, everyday handwritten look that feels personal without becoming messy. The narrow, tall proportions and restrained stroke texture aim for a light, modern handwritten voice that stays readable in common branding and editorial display contexts.
Spacing appears intentionally irregular in a natural way, giving words a lively cadence in text samples. The design favors legibility through simple shapes and open forms while retaining visible hand-made quirks in stroke joins and curvature.