Print Umkof 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social media, headlines, invitations, casual, friendly, playful, handmade, lively, human touch, informality, expressiveness, approachability, brushy, rounded, bouncy, expressive, organic.
A lively handwritten print with brush-pen character and a noticeable rightward slant. Strokes show natural pressure changes, with tapered terminals, occasional blobbed starts, and slightly irregular curves that keep the texture human. Letterforms are compact and generally narrow, with simplified, open shapes and a modest x-height; ascenders and descenders add vertical variety, and widths fluctuate from glyph to glyph. Spacing is loose and breathable, and the overall rhythm feels quick and gestural rather than carefully drawn.
Well-suited to short-to-medium display text where a friendly handwritten voice is desired—posters, packaging callouts, social graphics, event materials, and casual branding. It also works for pull quotes and subheads, especially when paired with a more neutral text face for longer reading.
The font reads as upbeat and approachable, with an informal, chatty tone. Its brushy movement and imperfect edges convey spontaneity and personality, making text feel personal and energetic rather than formal or corporate.
Designed to mimic quick brush handwriting in an unconnected print style, prioritizing warmth and immediacy over typographic polish. The intent appears to be an expressive, everyday script-like look that stays legible while retaining the natural variability of hand lettering.
Uppercase forms are straightforward and readable, while the lowercase shows more personality through looped descenders and varying join-like strokes without true connections. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, with simple silhouettes and slightly uneven proportions that match the alphabet.