Print Osgup 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, social media, packaging, branding, headlines, casual, energetic, friendly, expressive, youthful, handwritten feel, expressive display, compact headlines, casual tone, brushy, slanted, condensed, bouncy, gestural.
This typeface is a compact, right-slanted handwritten print with a brush-pen feel. Strokes show moderate contrast from pressure changes, with tapered terminals and occasional thickened downstrokes that give letters a lively rhythm. Forms are narrow and upright-leaning, with a short x-height and tall ascenders/descenders that create a vertical, springy texture. Curves are slightly irregular and gestural rather than geometric, and spacing varies subtly, reinforcing its hand-drawn character while remaining broadly consistent in stroke behavior.
It works well for short-to-medium text where an informal, handmade voice is desired—posters, social graphics, product packaging accents, and brand taglines. The narrow footprint helps fit more characters into tight headline spaces, and the energetic stroke modulation supports attention-grabbing display use.
The overall tone is informal and upbeat, with a quick, personal cadence like a confident note or casual headline. Its narrow, slanted shapes and brushy modulation add momentum and a sense of spontaneity, making it feel friendly and conversational rather than formal.
The design appears intended to capture a brisk brush-pen handwriting style in a compact, legible print, balancing spontaneity with enough consistency for repeated, branded use. Its slant, tapered terminals, and pressure-driven contrast suggest a focus on expressive personality over typographic neutrality.
Uppercase letters read as simplified, handwritten caps rather than formal display capitals, and the lowercase maintains clear, print-like separations (unconnected letters). Numerals follow the same slanted, brushed logic, with open, easy-to-spot shapes that match the letter rhythm. The font’s condensed proportions can feel punchy in short phrases, while longer lines show a distinctive, lively texture.