Print Ukdan 9 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, posters, packaging, invitations, headlines, playful, whimsical, friendly, quirky, handmade, handmade warmth, casual readability, playful display, human texture, rounded, bouncy, monoline-leaning, soft terminals, casual.
A casual, hand-drawn print face with tall, slightly narrow proportions and lively, irregular rhythm. Strokes show noticeable contrast between thick verticals and thinner curves, with softened, rounded terminals and occasional tapered joins that keep the texture organic rather than geometric. Curves are generously open, counters are clean, and spacing feels airy; widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a natural handwritten cadence. Capitals are simple and upright with subtly uneven stroke behavior, while the lowercase includes distinctive, loopier forms (notably in letters like g and y) that add character without becoming overly script-like.
Well suited to short-to-medium text where a friendly handmade voice is desirable—children’s and educational materials, posters, greeting cards and invitations, craft branding, and packaging. It also works effectively for headings, pull quotes, and display lines that benefit from a playful, informal tone.
The overall tone is warm and approachable, with a quirky, storybook energy. Its uneven, hand-rendered consistency reads as personal and human, giving text a lighthearted, conversational feel rather than a formal editorial voice.
The design appears intended to capture the charm of neat hand lettering while preserving readability in continuous text. By combining upright structure with soft terminals, lively contrast, and variable character widths, it aims to deliver an approachable display-and-text hybrid for informal communication.
The font maintains legibility through clear silhouettes and open shapes, but the strong personality comes through in the idiosyncratic curves and varied stroke modulation, especially in rounded letters and the numerals. The tall ascenders and long descenders contribute to a vertical, animated texture in paragraphs.