Print Pikuf 4 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: children’s, packaging, posters, social media, greeting cards, playful, casual, quirky, friendly, handmade, handwritten feel, casual voice, expressive display, youthful tone, brand personality, brushy, bouncy, expressive, rounded, whimsical.
A lively, hand-drawn print with brush-pen behavior: thick, rounded main strokes contrasted by occasional hairline flicks and tapered terminals. Letterforms lean slightly and vary in width and rhythm, giving an uneven, human cadence rather than mechanical spacing. Counters are generally open and soft, with simplified shapes and occasional looped or hooked details; dots and small joins appear as quick touches. Overall proportions feel compact through the middle of the letters with prominent ascenders and descenders that add vertical animation.
Well-suited for short, expressive copy where personality matters more than typographic neutrality—such as kids’ materials, casual branding, labels and packaging, event posters, and social media graphics. It can also work for headings, pull quotes, and playful UI accents when used at comfortable display sizes.
The tone is warm and informal, like quick note-taking with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its irregularities and lively stroke endings convey spontaneity and personality, reading as approachable, youthful, and slightly mischievous.
Designed to emulate an informal, brushy handwritten print with visible human variation, prioritizing charm and energy over strict consistency. The emphasis appears to be on creating a distinctive voice for display text—friendly, spontaneous, and easy to recognize at a glance.
The texture alternates between smooth, heavy strokes and thin finishing lines, creating a sketch-like sparkle in words. The set shows noticeable glyph-to-glyph idiosyncrasies that enhance the handmade character and keep repeated letters from feeling rigid.