Print Jikal 4 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, children’s media, branding, headlines, playful, friendly, cartoonish, casual, cheerful, approachability, playfulness, high impact, hand-drawn charm, rounded, chunky, soft, bouncy, blobby.
A chunky, rounded display face with thick, softly swelling strokes and heavily blunted terminals. Letterforms lean on simple, handwritten construction with irregular widths and gently uneven curves, creating a bouncy rhythm across words and lines. Counters are compact and often asymmetrical (notably in forms like B, R, and g), and joins are smooth and bulb-like rather than crisp, giving the overall silhouette a puffy, marker-drawn feel. The lowercase is compact and sturdy, with single-storey a and g, a short-armed r, and simple i/j dots that read clearly at larger sizes.
Best suited to short, bold applications where character and warmth matter: posters, playful branding, packaging, children’s materials, and social graphics. It performs especially well in large sizes where the rounded forms and chunky spacing can be appreciated, while long text at small sizes may feel dense due to compact counters and heavy shapes.
The tone is lighthearted and approachable, with a childlike, cartoon-ready warmth. Its soft, inflated shapes and informal rhythm suggest spontaneity and fun rather than precision or restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver an informal, hand-drawn voice with high visual impact. By combining puffy strokes, rounded corners, and slightly irregular proportions, it aims for a friendly, cartoon-like presence for attention-grabbing display typography.
The texture is intentionally uneven and hand-drawn, with mild shape variability from glyph to glyph that adds personality in headlines. Numerals follow the same rounded, simplified logic, with bold, friendly silhouettes that prioritize impact over fine detail.