Print Atkar 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, greeting cards, playful, quirky, casual, whimsical, hand-drawn, hand-lettered feel, informality, playful display, personal tone, tall, condensed, spindly, monoline, bouncy.
A tall, condensed handwritten print with a mostly monoline stroke and lightly irregular contours that preserve a drawn-by-hand texture. Letterforms are narrow with long ascenders and descenders, and the x-height reads relatively small compared to the capitals and extenders. Curves are slightly wobbly and terminals are simple, often tapering or ending bluntly, producing a lively, uneven rhythm. Spacing feels airy and inconsistent in a natural way, with subtle width changes from glyph to glyph that enhance the informal character.
This font works best for short, attention-grabbing text such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, book covers, and greeting cards where a personal, hand-lettered feel is desirable. It can also suit playful UI labels or social graphics, especially when set with generous tracking and line spacing to let the narrow forms breathe.
The overall tone is lighthearted and a bit eccentric, like quick marker lettering for notes, labels, or playful titles. Its lanky proportions and imperfect stroke edges communicate friendliness and spontaneity rather than polish or authority.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, casual pen or marker printing while maintaining legibility through upright structure and restrained contrast. Its condensed, elongated shapes suggest a goal of creating a distinctive, space-efficient display voice with a human, sketch-like charm.
Capitals are especially tall and narrow, giving a distinctive vertical flavor in all-caps settings. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, with simplified forms and slight wobble that keeps them consistent with the alphabet.