Print Godat 4 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s titles, packaging, posters, greeting cards, craft branding, playful, friendly, hand-drawn, quirky, casual, handmade warmth, approachability, casual display, storybook tone, human texture, rounded, bouncy, monoline, soft terminals, slightly irregular.
A casual, hand-drawn print face with mostly monoline strokes and gently rounded joins. Letterforms are compact and fairly narrow, with a lively, slightly uneven rhythm that mimics marker or brush-pen writing. Terminals tend to be softened and sometimes subtly flared, and curves are generous, giving the alphabet a buoyant, cartoon-like presence. The texture stays consistent across caps, lowercase, and figures, with small idiosyncrasies that keep repeated shapes from feeling mechanical.
Well-suited for playful display settings such as children’s materials, event posters, casual packaging, and greeting cards where an inviting handwritten feel is desired. It can also work for short pull quotes, labels, and social graphics, especially at medium to large sizes where its soft details and irregularity read as intentional texture.
The overall tone is cheerful and approachable, with a quirky, storybook energy. Its informal shapes read as human and expressive rather than formal or corporate, lending warmth and personality to short messages and headings.
The design appears intended to deliver an easygoing, hand-lettered voice with clear legibility while preserving the charm of drawn strokes. Its consistent monoline construction and rounded forms aim to balance friendliness with readability in upbeat display typography.
Capitals are simple and open with clear silhouettes, while lowercase forms keep a handwritten logic (single-storey a and g, rounded counters, and relaxed spacing). Numerals follow the same friendly, slightly wobbly construction, maintaining continuity in mixed alphanumeric settings.