Script Etlay 2 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: logos, headlines, posters, packaging, signage, playful, retro, cheerful, bold, friendly, display impact, brand charm, hand-painted feel, nostalgic tone, brushy, swashy, rounded, ball terminals, bouncy.
A heavy, slanted script with a brush-like build and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes are rounded and generously weighted, with teardrop and ball-like terminals that create soft, bulbous joins and occasional swashy entry/exit strokes. Letterforms lean forward with a bouncy baseline rhythm, mixing connected script behavior with some discrete, display-oriented shapes; counters stay relatively small due to the dense weight. Curves dominate, and the overall texture is dark and smooth, designed to hold together as a strong silhouette at larger sizes.
Best suited to display settings where bold personality is the priority—logos, poster titles, storefront-style signage, packaging callouts, and short promotional phrases. It will be most effective when given room to breathe, rather than in dense paragraphs or small UI text.
The tone is upbeat and nostalgic, evoking mid-century sign painting and casual branding. Its chunky, rounded strokes feel friendly and approachable, while the energetic slant and flourishes add a lively, celebratory voice.
This design appears intended to deliver a confident, high-impact script look with a hand-painted flavor—prioritizing expressive curves, decorative capitals, and a compact, dark texture that reads quickly in branding and headline contexts.
Uppercase forms are especially decorative and attention-grabbing, with broad curves and sweeping terminals, while lowercase maintains a compact, rhythmic flow. Numerals follow the same brush-script logic, keeping the set visually consistent for headline use.