Print Venaf 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, greeting cards, posters, social graphics, playful, quirky, whimsical, casual, storybook, handwritten display, personality, whimsy, casual legibility, distinctiveness, monoline feel, pinched terminals, looped forms, tall ascenders, airy counters.
A tall, slim handwritten print with a gently irregular rhythm and pronounced contrast between thickened strokes and hairline joins. Letterforms are upright and narrow, with long ascenders/descenders, small bowls, and tight internal counters that keep the texture light and vertical. Strokes often swell on downstrokes and taper into fine, pinched terminals; curves are slightly wobbly in a deliberate, human way rather than mechanically smooth. Spacing reads open and forgiving, and the overall set maintains consistent proportions while preserving hand-drawn variation.
Best suited to short display text such as headlines, titles, packaging accents, greeting cards, posters, and social graphics where its tall, quirky rhythm can be appreciated. It can also work for pull quotes or labels when set with comfortable tracking and line spacing. For longer passages or very small sizes, the fine terminals and tight counters may reduce clarity.
The tone is friendly and quirky, like neat marker lettering in a notebook or a whimsical storybook caption. Its narrow, tall silhouettes and delicate tapers add a slightly theatrical, eccentric personality without feeling aggressive. Overall it conveys informal charm and a lightly mischievous playfulness.
The design appears intended to mimic informal hand lettering while keeping a consistent, legible printed structure. Its narrow proportions, high-contrast stroke behavior, and expressive terminals aim to create a distinctive, characterful voice for display use rather than a neutral body-text workhorse.
Distinctive looped and hooked details appear in several glyphs (notably in curved capitals and descenders), giving the font a signature gesture. Numerals share the same tall, narrow stance and tapered finishes, helping mixed text and numbers feel cohesive. The thin joins and hairline ends suggest it will look best with adequate size and contrast against the background.