Print Babuf 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, greeting cards, social graphics, quirky, casual, playful, handmade, lively, handwritten realism, casual tone, compact fit, expressive display, spidery, loopy, tall, airy, bouncy.
A tall, slender handwritten print with monoline strokes and a slightly wavering, pen-drawn texture. Forms are mostly upright and narrow, with long ascenders and descenders that create a vertical, elastic rhythm. Counters are small and open, terminals are softly tapered, and curves feel lightly looped rather than geometric. Spacing is uneven in a natural way, and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal, drawn-on-the-fly consistency.
Best suited to short to medium lines where personality matters—headlines, poster copy, packaging callouts, and greeting-card style messaging. It also works well for social graphics, labels, and playful branding moments where an informal handwritten print can add warmth without connecting letters.
The overall tone is quirky and friendly, with a slightly eccentric, wiry energy. Its narrow, elongated shapes read as playful and expressive rather than polished or corporate, giving text a personal, homemade voice.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, neat handwriting with exaggerated verticality—capturing the spontaneity of a pen line while keeping letterforms legible and separated. Its narrow proportions and lively extenders suggest an emphasis on fitting expressive text into compact widths while maintaining a distinctive, whimsical voice.
In running text, the tall extenders and tight letterforms create a distinctive, high-contrast-in-scale silhouette (height over width) that can feel busy at small sizes but characterful in display settings. Numerals follow the same narrow, handwritten logic, staying light and unobtrusive while retaining the font’s bouncy rhythm.