Print Umkul 8 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, posters, headlines, social media, greeting cards, friendly, casual, playful, warm, personal, human touch, informality, approachability, quick lettering, brushy, rounded, flowing, slanted, monoline.
A lively handwritten print with a consistent rightward slant and smooth, brush-like stroke endings. Letterforms are mostly monoline with gently rounded terminals and subtle swelling at curves, producing an easy, fluid rhythm without connecting strokes. Proportions are compact and relatively narrow, with modest ascenders/descenders and a small lowercase body that keeps words light and quick on the line. Counters are open and simplified, and the numerals follow the same informal, hand-drawn logic with soft curves and slightly varied widths.
Well suited to short-to-medium display settings where an informal human voice is desired, such as packaging, café menus, posters, and social graphics. It can also work for pull quotes, invitations, and greeting-card style applications where a casual handwritten accent supports the message.
The overall tone is relaxed and approachable, like neat marker writing used for notes or labels. Its energetic slant and soft, rounded shapes give it a cheerful, conversational feel that reads as friendly rather than formal.
The font appears designed to emulate quick, confident hand lettering with clean readability, offering a personable alternative to neutral sans text. Its simplified, rounded construction suggests an emphasis on friendly tone and everyday usability over calligraphic detail.
The design maintains a cohesive tempo across uppercase and lowercase while allowing small natural variations that reinforce the hand-rendered character. Uppercase forms remain simple and readable, and the lowercase shows a brisk, sketch-like movement that becomes especially evident in longer text.