Print Daruk 6 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, branding, packaging, gothic, storybook, whimsical, mysterious, hand-drawn, expressive display, decorative caps, thematic tone, handmade texture, spiky, calligraphic, ornamental, angular, textured.
This font mixes hand-drawn, calligraphy-like capitals with simpler, print-style lowercase and lining figures. Strokes show subtle wobble and ink-like tapering, with occasional sharp hooks, spear-like terminals, and decorative notches that give the outlines a slightly jagged, sketched texture. The uppercase set is highly stylized and uneven in construction, while the lowercase is more restrained and readable, with compact bowls and a relatively low x-height. Overall spacing and widths feel irregular in an intentional, handmade way, producing a lively rhythm across words.
Best suited to display settings where the expressive uppercase can be featured—posters, titles, book covers, and themed branding. It can work for short blurbs or pull quotes at moderate sizes, especially when mixed case is used to balance the ornate capitals with the more legible lowercase.
The tone reads as gothic-leaning and storybook-like, with a playful edge rather than strict historical formality. Its sharp terminals and ornamental capitals suggest mystery, fantasy, or spooky themes, while the straightforward lowercase keeps it approachable for short passages.
The design appears intended to deliver a hand-rendered, gothic-tinged display voice by pairing dramatic, embellished capitals with a calmer lowercase for usability. This combination supports attention-grabbing titles and decorative initials while keeping the overall reading experience from becoming overly ornate.
The strongest personality sits in the capitals, which introduce dramatic entry strokes, internal cut-ins, and occasional exaggerated diagonals. In mixed-case text, this creates a clear hierarchy: decorative initials or emphasis in caps, supported by plainer lowercase. Numerals are clean and fairly traditional, helping stabilize the overall texture when set with text.