Print Folaz 13 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, apparel, album art, social graphics, brushy, energetic, casual, expressive, edgy, handmade feel, high impact, casual voice, textured look, compact fit, dry brush, marker-like, textured, condensed, angular.
This typeface has a fast, hand-drawn print style with a pronounced rightward slant and a dry-brush texture that creates irregular edges and occasional ink breaks. Strokes are mostly monolinear but show natural pressure shifts and tapered terminals, giving letters a lively, sketched rhythm. Proportions are condensed with compact counters and a tight overall footprint, while widths vary from glyph to glyph in a handwritten way. The lowercase is small relative to the capitals, with simple single-storey forms and minimal joining, emphasizing a written, not scripted, construction.
It’s well suited to short, attention-grabbing typography such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, apparel graphics, and social media titles where its brush texture can be appreciated. It can also work for brief subheads or pull quotes, especially when a casual, handmade tone is desired.
The overall tone is energetic and informal, with a confident, slightly rough character that feels spontaneous and human. Its condensed, punchy silhouettes and brushy texture add a bit of grit and attitude, reading as lively rather than polished.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick marker or brush lettering in a compact, space-efficient form. Its controlled consistency paired with deliberate roughness suggests a goal of delivering strong impact while preserving an authentic hand-rendered feel.
The texture and uneven stroke edges are prominent in both display words and longer sample lines, suggesting the design prioritizes natural hand movement over strict uniformity. Numerals follow the same brisk, drawn-with-a-marker feel and maintain the condensed, slanted stance for consistent color in mixed text.