Print Ippa 12 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, social media, event promos, brushy, energetic, casual, playful, rugged, handmade feel, high impact, casual voice, brush texture, textured, painterly, expressive, dynamic, inked.
A slanted, brush-written print style with compact proportions and lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes are thick and taper intermittently, with visible pressure changes and slightly ragged edges that mimic a loaded brush or marker. Letterforms are mostly unconnected and simplified, with rounded turns, occasional sharp terminals, and subtle baseline bounce that keeps words moving forward. Counters are relatively small in the heavier shapes, and spacing feels natural and hand-set rather than mechanically uniform.
Best suited to short-to-medium display copy where texture and motion are desirable, such as posters, packaging callouts, event promotion, and social graphics. It can work for brief subheads or quotes, but the dense strokes and brush texture may reduce clarity at very small sizes or in long passages.
The overall tone is informal and spirited, conveying fast, confident handwriting with a slightly gritty, street-poster attitude. It reads as friendly and punchy, with enough roughness to feel handmade rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to capture a quick brush-lettered look—compact, assertive, and characterful—while staying legible enough for punchy display text and emphatic messaging.
Uppercase forms are strong and blocky with brush taper at starts and finishes, while lowercase stays compact and rhythmic for continuous text. Numerals share the same brush texture and forward slant, making them feel consistent in mixed settings like headings with dates or prices.