Print Ulbos 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social media, greeting cards, playful, handmade, casual, lively, quirky, handwritten display, expressive lettering, casual branding, friendly tone, brushy, monoline accents, tall ascenders, looped forms, bouncy baseline.
This font presents a handwritten, brush-pen look with a rightward slant and energetic, slightly irregular rhythm. Strokes show pronounced contrast between thick downstrokes and hairline connectors, with tapered terminals and occasional sharp, ink-like flicks. Proportions are tall and condensed, with long ascenders/descenders and relatively small lowercase bodies, giving the text a vertical, airy feel. Letterforms are mostly unconnected but show natural cursive influence in curves and entry/exit strokes, and widths vary subtly from glyph to glyph for an organic texture.
It works best for short, attention-grabbing text such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, social media graphics, and greeting-card style messaging. The condensed, brushy forms also suit quotes, menu headers, and brand accents where a handmade voice is desired.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like quick marker notes or hand-lettered captions. Its springy motion and tapered brush edges read as friendly, spontaneous, and slightly quirky rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to capture fast, expressive hand lettering with brush-pen contrast while maintaining consistent readability across the alphabet. Its tall, condensed proportions and lively stroke endings aim to deliver a strong, distinctive presence in display settings without needing letter connections.
Capitals are expressive and often simplified, with open counters and sweeping strokes that create a strong silhouette in headlines. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, mixing narrow forms with generous curves; at smaller sizes the fine hairlines and tight interior spaces may require comfortable sizing and contrast-aware placement.