Print Digaf 5 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, packaging, greeting cards, whimsical, airy, sketchy, delicate, storybook, hand-lettered feel, playful display, quirky texture, lighthearted tone, spidery, bouncy, irregular, hand-drawn, tapered.
A hand-drawn print face with slender, tapering strokes and frequent hairline terminals that create a spidery, high-contrast look. Letters are narrow and vertically oriented, with simplified, open counters and a slightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Stems often swell subtly then thin to sharp points, and many joins feel lightly brushed rather than mechanically constructed. Overall spacing is loose and uneven in an intentional, organic way, reinforcing the handmade texture.
Best used at display sizes where the fine hairlines and tapered ends can remain visible—headlines, short quotes, posters, and titling. It can also work for playful packaging, invitations, or children’s/whimsical editorial accents, but is less suited to dense body copy where its narrow forms and delicate strokes may reduce readability.
The tone is whimsical and lightly eccentric—more playful than formal—suggesting quick ink sketches or a scratchy brush pen. Its delicate structure reads friendly and expressive, with a quirky charm suited to imaginative or offbeat messaging rather than sober corporate voice.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand lettering in an unconnected print style: light, sketch-like strokes, narrow proportions, and uneven rhythm that prioritize personality and informality over typographic neutrality.
Caps tend to be tall and spare, while lowercase forms stay compact with small bowls and restrained x-height, which can make paragraphs feel airy but slightly fragile. Numerals follow the same tapered, drawn quality, with distinctive, simplified silhouettes that favor character over strict uniformity.