Print Tigiw 16 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, children’s, headlines, logos, playful, friendly, quirky, handmade, retro, hand-lettered feel, friendly impact, retro charm, casual display, rounded, bouncy, soft, casual, chunky.
A compact, hand-drawn print with heavy, rounded strokes and slightly irregular contours that preserve a marker-like, organic edge. Letters are mostly upright with softly tapered terminals, narrow interior counters, and a lively, uneven rhythm that keeps forms from feeling geometric. Proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, with tall ascenders and descenders and a comparatively small lowercase body, producing a vertically animated texture. Numerals and capitals follow the same chunky, rounded construction, maintaining consistent color while allowing subtle width and shape variation across characters.
Well suited for posters, packaging, and identity work where a friendly handmade voice is desirable. It performs especially well in headlines, labels, product names, and children’s or craft-oriented materials, as well as social graphics and signage that benefit from an informal, approachable feel.
The overall tone is warm and approachable, with a quirky, storybook energy that feels informal and personable. Its bouncy silhouettes and soft endings suggest humor and lightness rather than formality, leaning into a nostalgic, hand-lettered charm.
This design appears intended to emulate casual hand lettering with a bold marker texture—prioritizing personality, warmth, and visual rhythm over strict typographic regularity. The narrow, punchy forms and rounded terminals aim to deliver strong impact while staying playful and inviting.
The font’s dense stroke weight creates strong presence at display sizes, while the intentionally uneven spacing and handwritten irregularities add character to headlines and short phrases. Round bowls and narrowed apertures can make long paragraphs feel busy, but they reinforce the handcrafted personality in shorter settings.