Print Podas 3 is a bold, narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, greeting cards, playful, whimsical, handcrafted, storybook, retro, expressiveness, handmade feel, display impact, playful tone, brushy, bouncy, inky, quirky, organic.
A lively hand-drawn print with a brush-pen feel, combining heavy teardrop bowls and strokes with razor-thin hairline joins and entry/exit flicks. Forms are generally upright but intentionally uneven in rhythm, with variable stroke pressure creating dramatic internal whites and tapered terminals. Curves are tall and buoyant, counters often elongated, and many letters show soft, rounded shoulders contrasted by sharp, needle-like connectors. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across glyphs, giving the alphabet a loose, handmade cadence rather than strict typographic regularity.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where texture and personality are desirable, such as headlines, posters, packaging, logos/wordmarks, and greeting-card style messaging. It can work for pull quotes or playful subheads, but the extreme contrast and irregular rhythm may become tiring at small sizes or in long passages.
The tone is playful and theatrical, with a slightly vintage, storybook charm. Its high-contrast inky texture and springy shapes feel expressive and friendly, suggesting personality and motion more than precision. The overall impression is decorative and attention-grabbing, suited to lighthearted, characterful messaging.
Designed to emulate expressive marker or brush lettering in a clean, printable form, prioritizing charm and visual impact over typographic neutrality. The letterforms aim to feel handcrafted and spontaneous while remaining legible enough for display typography.
Uppercase characters lean toward simplified, poster-like silhouettes with prominent vertical masses, while lowercase introduces more calligraphic gestures and occasional italic-like swashes in strokes and joins. Numerals mix heavy stemmed forms with delicate hairlines, reinforcing the hand-rendered contrast and adding a quirky, eclectic texture in running text.