Print Tykum 5 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids branding, greeting cards, playful, friendly, quirky, casual, whimsical, approachability, handmade feel, playful display, casual branding, rounded, bouncy, chunky, soft terminals, hand-drawn.
A compact, hand-drawn print style with chunky strokes and softly rounded terminals. The letterforms show gentle wobble and irregular curvature that creates a lively rhythm without breaking overall consistency. Counters are small to moderate and often asymmetrical, with occasional teardrop-like joins and slightly flared ends that reinforce the informal, marker-like feel. Uppercase shapes stay simple and sturdy, while lowercase adds more personality through varied bowl sizes, uneven shoulders, and slightly buoyant baselines.
Best suited for short, prominent text where its playful texture can be appreciated—such as headlines, posters, packaging, menu titles, greeting cards, and kid-focused or casual branding. It can work for brief callouts or captions, but extended reading is stronger with generous size and spacing.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, with a goofy, storybook charm. Its imperfect geometry reads as human and conversational, suggesting humor and warmth rather than formality or precision.
Likely designed to deliver an informal, hand-made voice with bold presence and friendly shapes, providing a distinctive alternative to clean geometric sans fonts in cheerful, character-driven layouts.
The font maintains clear silhouettes at display sizes, but the tight interior spaces and heavy joints can reduce clarity as sizes get small or when set in dense paragraphs. Numerals match the same soft, hand-rendered logic and feel consistent with the alphabet.