Print Wakir 16 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, greeting cards, hand-drawn, quirky, whimsical, storybook, rustic, handmade feel, expressive display, quirky legibility, ink texture, spiky, sketchy, organic, inked, uneven.
A hand-drawn, print-style face with slim, inked strokes and pronounced stroke modulation that shifts from hairline joins to heavier verticals. Letterforms are tall and compact with a tight overall footprint, while widths and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating an irregular rhythm. Terminals often taper or flare slightly, curves are slightly lopsided, and counters stay fairly open despite the condensed proportions. The lowercase shows a modest, short x-height relative to the ascenders, reinforcing a vertical, elongated silhouette in text.
This font works best for display settings where its hand-drawn texture and condensed verticality can read as intentional character—such as posters, titles, packaging accents, greeting cards, and editorial or book-cover headings. It can also serve short, expressive callouts in layouts, where the lively spacing and contrast become part of the voice.
The tone is playful and slightly eccentric, like ink lettering made quickly but with intention. Its uneven edges and lively contrast give it a crafty, handmade feel suited to lighthearted or quirky messaging rather than formal typography.
The design appears intended to mimic narrow, ink-drawn lettering with a handcrafted, slightly imperfect finish, balancing legibility with personality. Its variable widths, tapered terminals, and animated stroke contrast suggest a goal of creating an expressive, illustrative text color for casual display use.
In running text the texture is animated and a bit jagged, with bouncy spacing and occasional spurs that add character. Numerals match the same hand-rendered logic, mixing narrow forms with a few wider, more gestural shapes for an informal, illustrative set.