Print Kedal 5 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s media, packaging, posters, headlines, stickers, playful, friendly, casual, quirky, cheerful, approachability, informality, handmade feel, high impact, rounded, chunky, soft, bouncy, cartoonish.
A chunky, rounded hand-drawn print with smooth, blobby terminals and an even, marker-like stroke. The forms lean on simple geometry—open bowls, softened corners, and generously rounded joins—creating a buoyant rhythm across words. Counters are fairly open for a heavy style, and spacing feels loose and informal, with slight irregularities that keep the texture lively rather than rigid.
Best suited to short to medium text in display contexts where friendliness is the goal: children’s books, playful branding, snack and confectionery packaging, classroom materials, event posters, and social graphics. It can work for brief UI labels or captions at comfortable sizes, but its thick, soft shapes are strongest in headlines and punchy callouts.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, with a kid-friendly, humorous personality. Its soft edges and bouncy shapes read as warm and non-threatening, making it feel conversational and lighthearted rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to mimic a confident, felt-tip handwritten print—clean enough to be legible, but intentionally imperfect to retain a human, spontaneous tone. Its wide, rounded construction prioritizes warmth and visibility, aiming for an expressive, approachable voice in branding and display settings.
Distinctive details include a single-storey “a,” a looped “g,” and a playful “Q” tail, plus simplified numerals with wide silhouettes that match the letter weight. The lowercase shows especially strong handwritten character in the variable widths and rounded stroke endings, which gives lines of text a lively, animated texture.