Print Dareb 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, comics, craft branding, playful, quirky, casual, handmade, expressive, handmade charm, energetic display, casual voice, playful emphasis, brushy, angular, spiky, bouncy, textured.
A lively handwritten print style with narrow proportions and a consistent forward-leaning, reverse-italic slant. Strokes are brush-like with tapered terminals and occasional sharp, spur-like corners, creating an irregular, slightly jagged edge. Letterforms are mostly unconnected with variable character widths and a bouncy baseline rhythm; curves are simplified and often pulled into angled arcs rather than smooth bowls. Contrast appears through pressure-like modulation and abrupt thins at joins and terminals, giving the outlines a drawn, inked feel.
Best suited for display use such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and playful branding where an informal, hand-drawn voice is desired. It can also work for short passages in invitations, zines, or comic-style captions, but the textured, angular rhythm suggests keeping body text sizes comfortable for readability.
The overall tone is informal and energetic, with a mischievous, offbeat personality. Its scratchy brush texture and animated shapes read as personal and spontaneous rather than polished, lending a friendly, slightly rebellious character.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush-pen lettering: narrow, slanted, and intentionally irregular to preserve a human, expressive cadence. Its consistent gesture and controlled roughness suggest a goal of energetic personality and legible hand-made charm rather than typographic neutrality.
Uppercase forms have a tall, wiry presence and sometimes exaggerated diagonals, while lowercase keeps a compact, readable structure with noticeably lively ascenders and descenders. Numerals match the same hand-drawn logic, with simplified constructions and the same tapering stroke behavior, helping headings and short bursts of text feel cohesive.