Print Akraf 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invites, packaging, book covers, quotes, branding, elegant, poetic, whimsical, vintage, humanist, handwritten tone, display elegance, personal warmth, compact titling, calligraphic, slanted, tapered, lively, airy.
A slanted, handwritten print with calligraphic influence and tapered stroke endings. Letterforms are tall and compact with a notably small x-height, producing a light, airy color and a slightly condensed rhythm. Strokes show gentle contrast and subtle, pen-like modulation, with rounded curves and occasional soft hooks or entry/exit flicks that keep forms lively while remaining mostly unconnected. Overall spacing feels open and variable, reinforcing an organic, written-on-paper character.
Works best for short-to-medium display settings where a graceful handwritten voice is desired—such as invitations, boutique packaging, cover titling, pull quotes, and brand marks. It can also suit menu headers and labels, where its narrow proportions help fit longer words without losing elegance.
The tone is graceful and personable, balancing refinement with an informal, hand-rendered charm. Its narrow, upright-leaning cadence and delicate terminals give it a poetic, slightly old-world feel suited to expressive, boutique messaging rather than utilitarian text.
The design appears intended to emulate a neat, stylized pen hand: legible and print-like, but enriched with italic slant, gentle modulation, and expressive terminals to provide personality in display typography.
Capitals are particularly prominent and decorative relative to the lowercase, creating strong title-case presence. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple forms and subtle curvature that matches the letter rhythm.