Print Fodal 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, packaging, game titles, old-world, storybook, quirky, handmade, arcane, handcrafted feel, vintage flavor, dramatic texture, thematic display, brushy, inked, jagged, spiky, irregular.
A hand-drawn print face with sharp, brushlike terminals and visibly irregular stroke edges that mimic ink on textured paper. Letterforms are compact and generally narrow, with a lively rhythm created by uneven stroke modulation and slightly inconsistent curves. Uppercase shapes feel calligraphic in construction, with wedge-like serifs and pointed joins, while the lowercase stays simple and legible but retains the same scratchy, inked texture. Counters are moderately open, spacing is somewhat uneven by design, and numerals follow the same angular, hand-rendered logic.
Best suited for display settings where texture and personality are an advantage—headlines, posters, title treatments, book covers, and themed packaging. It can work for short passages or pull quotes when a handcrafted, old-world voice is desired, but the irregular edges and contrast are most effective at medium to large sizes.
The overall tone is antique and folkloric, suggesting old manuscripts, fantasy ephemera, or hand-lettered signage. Its roughened outlines and spiky details add a dramatic, slightly mischievous character that reads as crafted rather than engineered.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-lettered ink with a slightly medieval or storybook flavor, balancing readable printed forms with expressive, brush-cut terminals and deliberate irregularity.
In longer text, the texture and high stroke contrast become a key visual feature, giving paragraphs a lively, slightly restless color. The alphabet shows consistent construction cues (pointed terminals, wedge-like finishing strokes) while allowing small variations that reinforce the handmade feel.