Print Pulaw 4 is a bold, wide, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, branding, packaging, playful, swashy, folksy, retro, storybook, hand-lettered feel, expressive display, vintage flair, friendly tone, flared, calligraphic, bouncy, expressive, brushy.
A lively, right-leaning print face with thick, high-contrast strokes and a noticeably hand-drawn rhythm. Letterforms show brush-like modulation, flared terminals, and occasional wedge-like serifs that give the shapes a slightly calligraphic, semi-cursive feel while remaining unconnected. Proportions are broad and irregular in a controlled way, with compact counters and a relatively low x-height that emphasizes ascenders, descenders, and prominent capitals. Curves are generous and somewhat asymmetrical, and many glyphs finish with subtle swashes or flicks that add momentum across a line of text.
Best suited to display contexts where personality is desirable: posters, headlines, book covers, packaging, and brand marks that aim for a handcrafted feel. It can also work for short, expressive passages or pull quotes, where the lively rhythm and swashy terminals won’t overwhelm readability.
The overall tone is energetic and personable, mixing vintage poster charm with a playful, storybook informality. Its slanted stance and sweeping endings create a sense of motion and theatricality, suggesting hand-lettered signage or expressive display typography rather than strict, quiet text setting.
The design appears intended to emulate informal brush lettering with a polished, print-ready consistency—combining dramatic stroke contrast and flared terminals to create a distinctive, animated voice for display typography.
The figures are sturdy and stylized, matching the letterforms’ flared, brush-cut endings. Stroke contrast and terminal shapes vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the drawn-by-hand character and giving headings a lively texture.