Print Pudey 12 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, children’s media, playful, storybook, retro, whimsical, cozy, personality, decorative impact, friendly display, storybook tone, rounded, soft, bulbous, bouncy, decorative.
A heavy, rounded display face with soft, swelling strokes and small wedge-like terminals that give each letter a carved, slightly calligraphic finish. Counters are compact and often teardrop-shaped, producing a dark overall color with lively internal shapes. Curves dominate the construction, with gently uneven widths and subtly idiosyncratic silhouettes that feel drawn rather than engineered. Spacing appears moderately open for such dense forms, helping maintain legibility in short settings while preserving a bold, chunky rhythm.
Best suited to display typography such as headlines, posters, labels, and short bursts of copy where personality is more important than neutrality. It can work well for book covers, game or event titles, and packaging that benefits from a playful, story-driven voice.
The tone is warm and whimsical, reading as friendly and slightly old-fashioned. Its bouncy curves and decorative terminals suggest a storybook or fantasy flavor rather than a formal blackletter severity, making it feel theatrical and fun.
The design appears intended to deliver an informal, hand-drawn display look with a strong silhouette and distinctive terminal shapes, emphasizing charm and readability at larger sizes while maintaining a consistent decorative rhythm across the alphabet and figures.
Distinctive pointed notches and spur-like endings show up across many glyphs, creating a consistent ornamental motif. The lowercase and numerals maintain the same soft, inflated geometry, and the overall texture stays cohesive in words and longer lines, though the dense shapes favor display sizes over extended body copy.