Print Merip 5 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, zines, quirky, playful, scrappy, handmade, offbeat, handmade charm, casual display, graphic punch, quirky voice, marker-like, monoline, angular, rounded terminals, irregular rhythm.
A hand-drawn, monoline print with chunky strokes and a slightly jittery baseline. Letterforms are compact and generally upright, mixing rounded corners with abrupt angles and squared-off bowls that feel carved rather than constructed. Curves are simplified and sometimes faceted, while terminals tend to be blunt and softly rounded, creating a consistent, thick marker-like texture. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the informal, sketched rhythm in both uppercase and lowercase.
Best suited to short display settings where its handmade irregularities become an asset, such as posters, headings, packaging callouts, stickers, and zine-style graphics. It can also work for children’s or playful editorial accents, especially when used at larger sizes with generous leading to preserve clarity.
The overall tone is playful and quirky, with an intentionally imperfect, doodled energy. It reads as casual and characterful, suggesting spontaneity and a friendly, slightly mischievous attitude rather than precision or formality.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-lettered print—bold, compact, and deliberately uneven—while staying legible across a full alphanumeric set. Its simplified geometry and blunt terminals prioritize personality and graphic impact over typographic refinement.
Uppercase forms lean toward tall, narrow silhouettes with simplified internal counters, and several glyphs show idiosyncratic construction (notably in bowls and diagonals) that gives the face a distinctive voice. Numerals match the same hand-cut feel, with compact shapes and blunt endpoints that keep the texture uniform across mixed alphanumeric settings.