Print Uprib 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, posters, packaging, social graphics, headlines, playful, friendly, handmade, casual, quirky, human warmth, approachability, casual voice, hand-lettered look, rounded, monoline, bouncy, informal, cartoonish.
A lively hand-drawn print style with monoline strokes, rounded terminals, and gently uneven curves that preserve a natural marker/pen feel. Proportions are compact with tall ascenders and a relatively small x-height, giving the lowercase a light, airy rhythm. Letterforms show subtle wobble and varying widths, with simple construction and occasional idiosyncratic joints that emphasize an organic, sketched texture. Numerals and capitals maintain the same soft, slightly irregular stroke behavior for a consistent handwritten color in text.
Well suited to short-to-medium text where a friendly handwritten voice is needed: kids’ materials, playful branding, craft and food packaging, invitations, stickers, and social media graphics. It also works nicely for informal signage and punchy headlines where a casual, personal tone is desirable.
The overall tone is warm, approachable, and slightly goofy—more like neat hand lettering than a formal text face. Its irregularities read as intentional and personable, lending a chatty, youthful character without looking messy or distressed.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident hand lettering with consistent stroke weight and a tidy baseline, balancing legibility with a deliberately quirky, human rhythm. It aims to provide an approachable, everyday handwritten alternative for display and casual copy.
Uppercase shapes are clean and open, while lowercase forms lean on simplified, single-storey constructions and gentle curves that keep counters readable. The narrow stance and tight internal spacing can build a dense line color, so a bit of extra tracking can help at smaller sizes or in longer passages.