Print Widel 3 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: quotes, greeting cards, social graphics, packaging accents, lifestyle branding, casual, lively, personal, airy, playful, handwritten realism, friendly tone, quick expression, display accent, brushy, tapered, springy, loose, gestural.
A slim, right-leaning handwritten print with quick, tapered strokes and softly irregular curves. Letterforms are open and lightly constructed, with a loose baseline rhythm and variable proportions from glyph to glyph, giving it a spontaneous, drawn feel. Terminals often finish in fine points or subtle flicks, and rounded counters stay generous, which helps the face feel airy despite its narrow build. Capitals are tall and flowing, while lowercase forms stay compact with a notably small x-height and minimal joining behavior.
This style works well for short-to-medium snippets such as quotes, captions, invitations, greeting cards, and social media graphics where a personal voice is desired. It can also serve as an accent face in packaging and lifestyle branding, especially when paired with a calmer sans for body copy.
The overall tone is informal and personable—like fast, neat handwriting with a touch of flair. Its light, breezy stroke and animated slant make it feel friendly, youthful, and conversational rather than formal or authoritative.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of handwritten lettering—clean enough to read, but intentionally imperfect to preserve a natural, human cadence. Its narrow, slanted construction and tapered stroke ends suggest a focus on light, expressive display use rather than dense text settings.
The digit set follows the same handwritten logic, mixing smooth loops with quick, single-stroke constructions. In running text, spacing and stroke texture create a lively, slightly sketchy rhythm that reads best when given room rather than tightly packed.