Print Darid 1 is a light, narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, comics, social media, hand-drawn, quirky, playful, casual, sketchy, handmade feel, expressiveness, informality, display impact, monoline feel, irregular, organic, brushy, spiky terminals.
A hand-drawn print face with quick, gestural strokes and noticeable irregularity in curves and joins. Letterforms are generally slender with a monoline feel, but show abrupt thick-to-thin moments from pen pressure and stroke direction, creating a lively, slightly scratchy texture. Curves are often open and asymmetrical (notably in round letters), with pointed or tapered terminals and occasional wobble in verticals. Spacing and widths vary per glyph, giving text an animated rhythm rather than a mechanically even cadence.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text where a handmade voice is desired: posters, event titles, packaging accents, comics/cartoons, and social media graphics. It can also work for casual quotes or headings in editorial layouts where a deliberately imperfect, drawn texture adds character.
The overall tone is informal and personable, with a quirky, sketchbook energy. It reads as spontaneous and human, leaning playful and slightly mischievous rather than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to mimic fast handwritten printing with visible stroke variation and natural inconsistency, prioritizing personality and immediacy over typographic precision. It aims to provide a friendly, expressive alternative to clean sans display lettering.
Capitals appear tall and attention-getting, while lowercase remains compact with small counters and simple, unconnected construction. Numerals and punctuation share the same hand-drawn consistency, with a slightly uneven baseline that reinforces the casual, written feel.