Print Hakof 12 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, children’s, packaging, invitations, playful, whimsical, storybook, hand-drawn, quirky, human warmth, expressiveness, casual tone, handmade feel, display impact, brushy, tapered, organic, irregular, pointed.
A lively hand-drawn print with brush-like, tapered strokes and frequent pointed terminals. Letterforms are slightly irregular in width and contour, creating an organic rhythm while staying legible. Curves are soft and somewhat asymmetric, and many strokes show calligraphic swell-and-thin behavior without strict modulation. Capitals are tall and expressive with occasional flared tops, while lowercase forms keep a compact presence with relatively small counters and a modest x-height.
Best suited to display settings where character matters more than typographic neutrality—posters, book covers, children’s or educational materials, playful branding, packaging, and invitations. It can work for short paragraphs at comfortable sizes, but the irregular stroke endings and narrow proportions will read most confidently in titles, pull quotes, and brief blocks of copy.
The overall tone feels playful and storybook-like, with a quirky, homemade charm. Its uneven, brushy construction reads friendly and informal rather than polished or corporate, suggesting personality and motion in short bursts of text.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, confident brush lettering in a non-connecting print style, balancing spontaneity with enough consistency for repeatable typesetting. It prioritizes charm and expressiveness through tapered strokes, varied widths, and gently imperfect curves.
Distinctive angular joins and sharp tips appear in several letters, adding a slightly dramatic, fantasy-leaning flavor without becoming hard to read. Numerals follow the same hand-rendered logic, with rounded forms and tapered entries that match the alphabet’s texture.