Print Obbed 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, greeting cards, quirky, playful, handmade, whimsical, storybook, handmade feel, quirky display, storybook tone, casual lettering, wiry, sketchy, uneven, spindly, idiosyncratic.
This font has a hand-drawn print feel with lightly irregular outlines, occasional doubled strokes, and a slightly wobbly baseline rhythm. Strokes range from thin to moderately thick with noticeable intra-glyph variation, giving counters and joins a sketchy, pen-on-paper texture. Proportions are generally compact and tall, with simple, open lowercase forms and more decorative, angular capitals that sometimes show scratchy interior marks. Spacing appears intentionally uneven and organic, reinforcing an informal, drawn character rather than a strictly measured typographic system.
It works best for short display text where its hand-rendered texture can be appreciated—posters, titles, packaging, greeting cards, and playful branding. The relatively straightforward lowercase can support brief paragraphs or captions at comfortable sizes, but the sketchy detailing in capitals suggests using it sparingly for emphasis.
The overall tone is quirky and playful, with a slightly spooky or mischievous edge created by the scratchy texture and jagged, animated capitals. It reads like lettering for children’s stories, indie crafts, or handmade signage—casual, expressive, and intentionally imperfect.
The design appears intended to capture a quick, hand-inked look with deliberate imperfections—mixing readable printed shapes with expressive, doodled capitals to add personality and narrative flavor.
Uppercase and lowercase differ notably in personality: capitals are more stylized and textured, while the lowercase stays comparatively simple and readable. Numerals are clean and lightly old-style in feel, with gentle curves and modest ornamentation that keeps them compatible with the informal letterforms.