Print Gonad 1 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, book covers, playful, quirky, handmade, retro, casual, attention grabbing, handmade feel, playful display, vintage poster, condensed, chunky, bouncy, irregular, rounded.
A tightly condensed, heavy display face with a distinctly hand-drawn print feel. Strokes are thick and mostly monoline with subtle swelling, while terminals are softly rounded and slightly uneven, creating a lively rhythm. Letterforms are tall and compact with small counters and modest apertures, and the set shows purposeful inconsistencies in widths and curves that read as drawn rather than engineered. Lowercase forms are simple and upright, with compact bowls and a short-looking x-height relative to the ascenders.
Best suited to short, high-impact lines such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and playful branding accents where a handmade voice is desirable. It can work for short bursts of copy in larger sizes, especially when set with extra spacing to keep the texture open and readable.
The overall tone is humorous and informal, like quick marker lettering used for attention-grabbing headings. Its narrow, punchy shapes feel energetic and slightly mischievous, leaning toward a vintage cartoon or poster sensibility rather than a polished corporate voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, condensed headline look with an approachable, hand-rendered character. Its controlled irregularities and compact forms aim to feel personable and fun while still producing a strong, attention-grabbing block of text.
In the sample text, the dense vertical proportions and heavy color create strong impact, but the tight spacing and small counters suggest it will benefit from generous tracking and larger sizes. Numerals share the same tall, narrow silhouette, reinforcing a consistent, condensed texture across mixed text.