Print Vigus 5 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, invitations, packaging, whimsical, storybook, playful, quirky, handmade, hand-drawn charm, quirky display, whimsical tone, distinctive caps, spidery, tall, airy, bouncy, irregular.
This typeface has a tall, spidery silhouette with slender strokes and gently tapered terminals. Letterforms are built from simple, slightly wavering lines that feel hand-drawn, with subtle irregularities in curves and joins that create a lively rhythm. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with narrow counters and elongated ascenders/descenders that give the text a vertical, airy texture. The lowercase is compact and delicate, while the capitals are notably tall and stylized, producing a distinctive mixed-case color in running text.
Best suited to display settings where personality is the goal—headlines, posters, book covers, and themed packaging. It can work for short passages in larger sizes, especially for whimsical or narrative-oriented content, but the delicate strokes and narrow forms suggest keeping body text brief and well-spaced.
The overall tone is whimsical and storybook-like, with a quirky, playful personality that feels human and informal rather than engineered. Its tall, lightly wobbling forms evoke a gentle eccentricity—more enchanted and theatrical than casual everyday handwriting.
The design appears intended to emulate an informal, hand-drawn print style with a distinctive tall, slender character, prioritizing charm and individuality over strict geometric regularity. Its expressive capitals and lightly uneven stroke behavior suggest a focus on decorative readability for titles and branding.
Round letters like O and Q appear more oval and vertically stretched, while diagonals (V, W, X) and long stems (I, J, L, T) emphasize the font’s elongated feel. Numerals follow the same narrow, hand-rendered logic, with simple shapes and expressive curves that match the letters.