Print Nilal 12 is a light, wide, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, packaging, craft labels, social graphics, posters, friendly, casual, playful, handmade, approachable, human warmth, informal display, handmade feel, easy readability, monoline, rounded, soft terminals, loopy, lively.
A casual, monoline handwritten print with gently irregular rhythm and soft, rounded terminals. Strokes maintain a mostly even thickness with subtle pressure variation, and curves are generously open, giving counters a breathable feel. Letterforms lean upright with bouncy baselines and variable character widths; many joins and turns are drawn with slightly loopy, brush-pen-like flicks. Uppercase shapes are simplified and rounded, while lowercase forms stay compact with modest ascenders/descenders and clear, unconnected construction.
Well suited to short-to-medium text where a human, conversational voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, product packaging, craft labeling, and social media graphics. It also works well for headings, quotes, and classroom or kid-oriented materials where warmth and legibility matter more than strict typographic regularity.
The overall tone feels friendly and informal, like neat marker or felt-tip lettering. Its slight wobble and buoyant proportions read personable and relaxed, adding warmth without becoming overly messy or chaotic.
The font appears intended to emulate tidy, everyday hand lettering with a consistent marker-like stroke and a deliberately imperfect, natural cadence. The goal seems to be an approachable display hand that stays readable while preserving the charm of drawn forms.
The design relies on consistent stroke simplicity rather than sharp contrast, so texture comes from spacing, rounded curves, and small idiosyncrasies in how strokes start and finish. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, with open, airy forms and smooth, continuous curves that match the alphabet.