Print Manew 16 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, café menus, social media, greeting cards, casual, playful, friendly, handmade, lively, handwritten warmth, informal branding, compact emphasis, human texture, quick note feel, brushy, rounded, monoline, bouncy, tight spacing.
A compact, handwritten print with a brush-pen feel and softly rounded stroke endings. The forms are upright-to-slightly slanted with a lively baseline rhythm and uneven, human spacing that keeps the texture animated. Strokes read largely monoline with gentle swelling at curves, and many letters show simplified, single-stroke constructions. Uppercase characters are tall and slim, while lowercase forms stay small and quick, creating a noticeably high cap-to-x-height relationship and a tight, economical color in text.
Works best for short to medium-length text where a friendly, handwritten tone is desired—such as posters, product packaging, café menus, social media graphics, invitations, and greeting cards. It can also serve as an expressive accent alongside a neutral sans in editorial layouts or branding systems.
The overall tone is informal and approachable, like quick marker lettering used for notes, menus, or casual headlines. Its narrow, energetic shapes feel youthful and spontaneous, conveying a personable, handcrafted voice rather than a polished corporate one.
The design appears intended to capture fast, confident hand lettering in a condensed footprint, prioritizing personality and immediacy over geometric precision. It aims to provide an easygoing, contemporary handwritten voice that stays legible while retaining natural variation.
Distinctive features include looped and hook-like terminals in several lowercase letters, a single-storey handwritten look for forms like a and g, and compact numerals with rounded corners. The texture remains consistent across the alphabet, with small irregularities that reinforce authenticity and motion.