Print Alduf 3 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: kids media, greeting cards, posters, packaging, craft labels, playful, whimsical, casual, quirky, storybook, handwritten charm, casual display, playful voice, personal tone, monoline, rounded, spindly, bouncy, hand-drawn.
A slender, monoline handwritten print with tall, spindly proportions and gently rounded terminals. Strokes keep an even thickness with subtle wobble and slight curvature that preserves a drawn-by-hand rhythm rather than geometric precision. Capitals are notably tall and narrow, with simplified construction and occasional asymmetry, while lowercase is small and compact with tiny counters and short ascenders/descenders relative to the overall cap height. Numerals follow the same narrow, lightly irregular silhouette, maintaining consistent spacing and a neat, airy color in text.
Best suited to short display lines where its tall, narrow handwriting can act as a characterful voice—such as children’s titles, party invitations, greeting cards, playful packaging, and small poster headlines. It also works for captions, labels, and UI moments where an informal, hand-drawn feel is desired, but it may feel delicate at very small sizes due to its fine strokes and compact lowercase.
The overall tone is lighthearted and personable, evoking notes in a sketchbook or lettering in a children’s activity sheet. Its narrow, tall forms feel a bit eccentric and whimsical, giving words a friendly, slightly mischievous character without becoming messy.
The font appears intended to mimic quick, neat hand lettering: simple printed forms, consistent monoline strokes, and a deliberately imperfect rhythm. Its exaggerated tall capitals and compact lowercase suggest a design aimed at charming, informal display use rather than strict text neutrality.
The design relies on vertical emphasis and minimal ornamentation, with distinctive narrow caps (notably in forms like M, N, W, and Y) that read like quick marker or pen strokes. The small lowercase relative to the capitals creates a pronounced cap-to-x-height contrast that can be used deliberately for a playful typographic hierarchy.