Print Hirad 4 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, kids branding, packaging, stickers, playful, quirky, handmade, bold, friendly, handmade feel, attention grab, comic tone, casual signage, angular, chunky, irregular, spiky, jagged.
A chunky, hand-drawn print face with heavy, ink-like strokes and deliberately uneven contours. Shapes are built from simplified, angular forms with frequent faceting and small notches, giving counters a carved, cut-paper feel. Terminals tend to end bluntly, while diagonals and joins show lively wobble and variable proportions from glyph to glyph. The lowercase is compact and slightly bouncy, with simple single-storey forms and distinctive, pointed details on letters like a, e, and s; numerals follow the same rugged, hand-cut logic with strong silhouettes.
Best suited for display typography where personality matters: posters, titles, packaging callouts, stickers, and playful branding. It also works well for short labels or social graphics that benefit from a bold, handmade look, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone is playful and offbeat, like marker lettering for a comic sign or a DIY poster. Its rough edges and exaggerated shapes read as energetic and mischievous rather than refined, adding a humorous, crafty personality to short messages.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident hand lettering with a rugged, cut-out edge—prioritizing strong silhouettes and character over precision. It’s built to feel informal and attention-grabbing, delivering a distinctive, cartoonish presence in headings and punchy lines of text.
The texture comes from consistent edge irregularity and faceted curves, which creates strong character at display sizes but can feel busy in dense settings. Round letters (O, Q, o, 0, 8, 9) keep an angular, chiseled perimeter, maintaining a cohesive handmade rhythm across the set.