Print Daloz 1 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, posters, headlines, theatre titles, fantasy branding, whimsical, storybook, eccentric, playful, folky, decorative flair, handmade feel, theatrical tone, fantasy mood, spiky serifs, angular, calligraphic, wiry, irregular.
A wiry, high-contrast display face with tall, narrow proportions and a lively, hand-drawn rhythm. Strokes swing between hairline thins and small, inky swellings, with tapered terminals that often sharpen into wedge-like points. The letterforms show gentle irregularities in width and curvature, giving the set an organic cadence rather than strict geometric consistency. Serifs and finishing strokes appear as spurs or spikes on many capitals, while the lowercase keeps a compact, short x-height with long, delicate ascenders and descenders.
This font is best suited to display settings where its thin strokes and pointed details can be appreciated—such as book covers, event posters, theatrical titles, and themed branding. It can also work for short pull quotes or packaging accents, but its ornate, wiry construction is less appropriate for dense body text or small UI sizes.
The overall tone feels whimsical and slightly gothic in a fairy-tale way—quirky rather than severe. Its spiky terminals and slender silhouettes suggest magic, folklore, and theatrical signage, while the uneven, drawn quality keeps it friendly and handmade.
The design appears intended to emulate informal pen-drawn lettering with a stylized, slightly barbed serif vocabulary, prioritizing personality and atmosphere. Its narrow build and animated stroke endings suggest it was crafted to create distinctive, decorative wordshapes in titles and short phrases.
Spacing reads airy due to the narrow bodies and fine strokes, and the texture becomes more decorative as size increases. Numerals follow the same slender, tapered logic, with a light, calligraphic presence that favors character over neutrality.