Print Herik 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, reverse italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, packaging, game ui, quirky, playful, spooky, storybook, handmade, expressiveness, handmade charm, thematic display, high impact, informality, brushy, angular, chiseled, dynamic, irregular.
A lively, hand-drawn print face with thick, brush-like strokes and crisp, angular terminals that often taper into points or small hooks. Forms lean backward with a restless baseline and uneven rhythm, giving the alphabet an intentionally irregular, made-by-hand feel. Counters are generally small and sometimes pinched, while curves are rendered with faceted, chiseled-looking turns rather than smooth geometry. Spacing and widths vary noticeably between letters, reinforcing an expressive, poster-like texture in text.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, book and album covers, packaging, and event or seasonal graphics where a handmade voice is desirable. It can work for short bursts of text in themed applications (e.g., playful or spooky), but the irregular texture and tight interiors make it less ideal for long-form reading at small sizes.
The overall tone is mischievous and theatrical, with a slightly eerie, Halloween-adjacent flair. It reads as energetic and characterful rather than polite or neutral, suggesting hand-painted signage, comic titling, and playful display typography.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick brush lettering with a deliberately rough, angular finish—prioritizing personality, motion, and thematic flavor over typographic regularity. It aims to feel human and performative, like hand-rendered display lettering used for attention-grabbing titles.
Uppercase shapes carry the strongest personality, with sharp diagonals and dramatic bowls; lowercase remains legible but keeps the same jagged brush cadence. Numerals are chunky and stylized, matching the pointed terminals and shifting stroke emphasis seen in the letters.