Script Osty 5 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, friendly, vintage, playful, romantic, handcrafted feel, formal charm, expressive display, signature style, looped, swashy, rounded, brushlike, calligraphic.
A flowing, right-leaning script with rounded forms and lively, brushlike modulation. Strokes are smooth and confident, with soft terminals, occasional teardrop-like joins, and gentle swelling through curves. Capitals feature generous entry strokes and subtle flourishes, while lowercase letters maintain a consistent cursive rhythm with intermittent connections and varied letter widths that create a natural handwritten cadence. The numerals echo the same calligraphic movement, using open curves and softly tapered ends for a cohesive texture.
This font suits short-to-medium display settings where a handwritten signature feel is desired, such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and social graphics. It also works well for headlines and pull quotes, while extended body text may feel dense due to its cursive rhythm and prominent capitals.
The overall tone feels personable and celebratory—polished enough for formal notes, but relaxed and inviting rather than rigid. Its swashy capitals and buoyant curves lend a romantic, slightly nostalgic character that reads as handcrafted and warm.
The design appears intended to provide a refined, legible script with a handcrafted brush sensibility—balancing decorative capitals and smooth cursive flow for expressive display typography.
Uppercase characters are notably decorative and can become visually prominent in text, especially where large loops and long strokes appear. The lowercase keeps a compact vertical footprint, so line texture is driven more by smooth movement and width variation than tall ascenders or heavy contrast.