Print Ugdaf 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, very high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, invitations, whimsical, playful, quirky, storybook, retro, add personality, display impact, handmade feel, vintage flair, spidery, condensed, tall, inky, hand-drawn.
A tall, tightly set handwritten print with extremely condensed proportions and striking thick–thin contrast. Strokes often taper to hairline terminals, with occasional teardrop-like joins and brushy swelling on verticals. Curves are narrow and elongated, counters are slim, and many letters show slightly irregular stroke placement that reinforces a drawn-by-hand rhythm while remaining consistently upright and legible.
Best suited to display settings where its narrow width and high-contrast strokes can create a distinctive vertical rhythm—posters, titles, packaging, invitations, and short headline copy. It can also work for brief accent text in editorial or branding systems, but the delicate hairlines suggest avoiding very small sizes or low-contrast reproduction.
The overall tone feels whimsical and theatrical—light on its feet, a little mischievous, and deliberately quirky. Its spidery hairlines and inky vertical emphasis evoke a vintage, storybook or boutique-poster sensibility rather than a neutral everyday text voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a hand-drawn, boutique display voice: condensed letterforms with dramatic contrast and playful irregularities that add personality without becoming fully cursive or connected.
Uppercase forms read as narrow display capitals with simplified geometry, while lowercase includes a few more calligraphic gestures (notably in letters with loops/descenders). Numerals follow the same tall, condensed pattern with dramatic contrast, which gives them a decorative presence in headings and short lines.