Print Pilos 1 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, posters, headlines, kids, craft branding, playful, folksy, handmade, quirky, friendly, handmade feel, casual display, playful tone, human warmth, brushy, rounded, bouncy, casual, textured.
A casual handwritten print with brush-like strokes and visibly irregular outlines. Letterforms are compact and upright with pronounced stroke modulation, mixing thick main strokes with thinner joins and tapered terminals. Curves are generously rounded, counters are somewhat tight, and many glyphs show slight wobble and varying widths that create an organic, drawn-on-paper rhythm. Overall spacing feels lively rather than engineered, with uneven stroke edges adding a subtle texture in solid fills.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text where its lively stroke texture and irregular rhythm can be a feature rather than a distraction—packaging, posters, social graphics, craft or café branding, and kid-oriented materials. It can work for brief sentences or callouts at larger sizes, but will be most effective when given generous size and spacing so the handmade details stay clear.
The font reads warm and informal, with a playful, slightly mischievous personality. Its imperfect, hand-rendered finish suggests something personal and approachable—more craft-table than corporate—while the punchy weight keeps it attention-getting and energetic.
The design appears intended to emulate confident marker or brush lettering in a clean, unconnected print style, prioritizing charm, spontaneity, and bold presence over typographic strictness. Its varied widths and textured edges aim to make digital text feel hand-written and human.
The lowercase is notably more cursive-influenced than the uppercase while still remaining unconnected, which adds variety in mixed-case settings. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, with rounded shapes and uneven stroke balance that keeps them consistent with the letters.