Print Vigum 5 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: display, posters, book covers, headlines, invitations, whimsical, spooky, storybook, quirky, eccentric, hand-lettered feel, thematic display, personality-driven, playful drama, spidery, inked, tall, wiry, bouncy.
A wiry, hand-drawn print style with tall, slender proportions and a lively, irregular rhythm. Strokes feel pen-inked, showing subtle tapering and uneven terminals, with occasional pointed tips and slight swelling at joins. Curves are narrow and elongated, and counters are small and vertical, giving the alphabet a spidery silhouette. Spacing is loose and inconsistent in a natural handwritten way, with varied character widths and a slightly bouncy baseline.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing text where character is more important than neutrality—posters, titles, book covers, packaging accents, and themed invitations. It can work for pull quotes or short UI labels when used at larger sizes, but the thin strokes and idiosyncratic spacing favor display settings over long continuous reading.
The overall tone is playful and slightly eerie, like hand-lettering for a fairy-tale, Halloween, or oddball indie project. Its thin, elongated forms and prickly terminals add a dramatic, mischievous edge while still reading as informal and human.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, expressive hand lettering with a tall, theatrical presence, balancing legibility with quirky, story-driven charm.
Uppercase letters are especially tall and decorative, and the lowercase keeps a simplified, note-like construction. Several forms lean toward narrow, calligraphic gestures rather than geometric precision, emphasizing personality over uniformity.