Print Igsa 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, posters, branding, headlines, packaging, playful, whimsical, quirky, storybook, folkloric, expressiveness, hand-lettered feel, decorative impact, narrative tone, atmosphere, calligraphic, angular, spiky, wavy, expressive.
This typeface uses lively, hand-drawn letterforms with a consistent reverse-leaning slant and a gently wavy baseline rhythm. Strokes show modest contrast and a brush-pen feel: thicker main strokes taper into sharp, flicked terminals that often end in small spikes or hooks. Curves are slightly pinched and asymmetric, and many joins are kinked rather than smooth, giving the alphabet a carved, sketchy energy. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with compact widths overall, rounded counters in letters like O and e, and tall, narrow ascenders and descenders that add vertical animation in text.
Best suited to display sizes where its tapered terminals and lively irregularities can be appreciated—such as book covers, posters, game or event branding, packaging, and short headline phrases. It can work for brief text accents or pull quotes, but the animated shapes and variable rhythm are most effective when used sparingly and with comfortable letterspacing.
The overall tone is mischievous and theatrical, evoking storybook titles, fantasy flavor, and informal hand-lettered signage. Its reverse-leaning motion and spiky terminals add a slightly eerie, magical edge without becoming fully gothic or blackletter.
The design appears intended to capture the charm of hand-drawn, calligraphic print lettering—combining readable forms with quirky, dramatic details. The goal seems to be expressive personality and narrative atmosphere rather than typographic neutrality.
Capitals are more decorative and gestural than the lowercase, making mixed-case settings feel dynamic and characterful. Numerals follow the same hand-rendered logic, with open shapes and tapering ends that keep them visually consistent with the alphabet, though their widths and curvature vary for an intentionally irregular, drawn look.