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Adjective to describe artistic text written by an adult in a deliberately childish style

English Language & Usage Asked on January 17, 2021

I wonder if there is an adjective to describe orthography that deliberately aims for the kind of irregularity or defects one might find in a young child, but is an obvious and deliberate style, rather than an attempt to fake a child’s handwriting. The Spanish artist Joan Miró came to mind, but on checking his signature it isn’t quite what I thought. Anyway, the question was actually provoked by the derivative design on a bottle of chianti (shown below).

faux-infantile text

“Faux-infantile” is the best I can come up with myself. “Naïve” might fit the design.

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What about faux-naïf:

of a literary or artistic style, that pretends to be simple, childlike or unsophisticated.

(Collins Dictionary)

Correct answer by user 66974 on January 17, 2021

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