Print Tidew 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, kids media, social graphics, headlines, playful, casual, friendly, handmade, youthful, handmade feel, approachability, display impact, casual voice, rounded, brushy, bouncy, chunky, informal.
A chunky, rounded handwritten print with brush-like strokes and softly swelling terminals. Letterforms are mostly upright but naturally irregular, with a bouncy baseline, varied stroke starts/finishes, and slightly uneven widths that reinforce a drawn-by-hand rhythm. Counters are generally open and generous, while joins and corners stay blunt and smooth rather than sharp, giving the face a sturdy, marker-like presence.
Best suited to short, attention-getting text such as posters, packaging callouts, event flyers, social media graphics, and playful branding. It can also work for children’s materials and informal signage where a friendly, handmade voice is desirable; it is less appropriate for dense body copy or applications needing strict typographic regularity.
The overall tone feels cheerful and approachable, like quick sign lettering or classroom-style handwriting. Its weight and soft curves read as warm and personable, leaning toward fun, everyday communication rather than formal or technical settings.
The design appears intended to mimic bold marker or brush printing with an intentionally relaxed, imperfect cadence. It prioritizes personality and immediacy—like quickly lettered headlines—over precision, delivering a lively, approachable display handwriting style.
Uppercase forms are simplified and highly rounded, while lowercase keeps a casual printed feel with noticeable individuality from glyph to glyph. The numerals match the same thick, hand-rendered logic, and the texture of the strokes stays consistent across the alphabet, emphasizing an intentionally imperfect, human-made look.