Print Apmej 3 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, greeting cards, posters, packaging, headlines, playful, whimsical, hand-drawn, quirky, friendly, hand-lettered feel, friendly tone, informal display, playful legibility, monoline, airy, bouncy, irregular, tall ascenders.
A monoline, hand-drawn print face with tall, slender proportions and a lively, irregular rhythm. Strokes stay consistently thin with softly rounded terminals and occasional slight wobble that reinforces the drawn-by-hand feel. Uppercase forms are narrow and open, with simple construction and generous counters; lowercase is compact with a notably small x-height and long ascenders/descenders that create a vertical, spindly texture. Figures are similarly light and casual, with simple shapes and mild inconsistency that reads intentional rather than mechanical.
Best suited to short-to-medium passages where personality is desirable: children’s or educational materials, greeting cards and invitations, playful packaging, and informal posters. It also works well for headlines, captions, and pull quotes that benefit from a light, hand-lettered texture.
The overall tone is playful and a bit eccentric—like neat lettering done with a fine pen, but with human variation that keeps it personable. It feels friendly and informal, leaning toward whimsical and slightly offbeat rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to capture casual hand printing with a fine-pen line: legible and simple in construction, but intentionally irregular to preserve warmth and charm. Its tall extenders and compact lowercase suggest an expressive, illustrative voice aimed at friendly display and informal editorial use.
In running text, the long extenders (notably in letters like j, y, p, and q) create a distinctive up-and-down cadence and extra line presence. The uppercase set stands out with taller, more display-like proportions, making mixed-case text feel animated and contrasty in height even without stroke contrast.