Print Afkin 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social media, greeting cards, casual, friendly, lively, personal, playful, handwritten feel, casual display, quick notation, friendly tone, monoline, hand-drawn, upright slant, rounded terminals, bouncy rhythm.
A monoline handwritten print with a consistent rightward slant and a lively, slightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Strokes are smooth and low-contrast with rounded ends, giving the letters a clean marker/pen feel rather than a textured brush. Proportions are tall and compact with tight counters and simplified forms; capitals are narrow and airy, while lowercase stays small with short ascenders/descenders relative to the overall height. Numerals follow the same narrow, flowing construction, with open, rounded curves and minimal embellishment.
Best suited to short to medium-length display copy where an informal voice is desired, such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, social graphics, and greeting card messaging. It can also work for captions and labels when set with generous tracking and line spacing to preserve clarity in the compact letterforms.
The font reads as informal and personable, like quick, neat note-taking or a casual caption. Its narrow, energetic motion and soft terminals keep the tone light and approachable, leaning modern rather than vintage or ornate.
The design appears intended to mimic a neat, quick handwritten print—narrow, slanted, and streamlined—providing a friendly, contemporary alternative to formal scripts while maintaining a distinctly human cadence.
In text, the slant and condensed shapes create a fast visual cadence, and the simplified joins keep forms unconnected while still feeling continuous. The small lowercase presence compared to the capitals makes title-case and emphasized words stand out strongly in mixed settings.