Script Diley 7 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, packaging, branding, quotes, playful, friendly, crafty, retro, whimsical, hand-lettered feel, decorative display, friendly branding, brushy, looped, bouncy, rounded, monoline feel.
A lively script with brush-like strokes, tapered terminals, and frequent looped entry/exit swashes. The letterforms are upright with a bouncy baseline and variable stroke width that creates a crisp black-and-white rhythm. Counters are small-to-medium and often pinched where strokes join, while ascenders and capitals introduce taller loops and occasional decorative curls. Overall spacing is compact and the forms feel slightly irregular in a natural, hand-drawn way, giving the alphabet a personable texture in both upper- and lowercase.
Works best for short to medium-length display text such as invitations, greeting cards, social graphics, product labels, and logo wordmarks where its loops can be appreciated. It can also support emphasis lines or pull quotes, especially when paired with a simple sans or serif for body copy.
The tone is cheerful and approachable, like hand-lettering for invitations or boutique packaging. Its loops and soft curves add a whimsical charm, while the sharper contrast and confident strokes keep it feeling polished rather than casual scribble.
The design appears intended to emulate modern hand-lettered brush script with a neat, decorative finish—balancing legibility with expressive loops for a friendly, crafted look.
Capitals are more embellished than lowercase, offering standout shapes for initials and short headlines. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with curved strokes and tapered ends that suit display use more than dense data settings.