Script Engad 8 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, headlines, logos, playful, retro, casual, lively, friendly, hand-painted feel, signage style, expressive display, friendly branding, brushy, slanted, rounded, bouncy, textured.
This script face has a pronounced rightward slant and a brush-like stroke that widens and tapers, producing crisp terminals and occasional ink-like swelling. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded curves, soft joins, and a lively baseline bounce that gives the set an energetic rhythm. Uppercase characters read like simplified sign-painting capitals, while lowercase forms lean more cursive with single-story shapes and looped or hooked descenders; connections are implied by stroke flow rather than consistently continuous linking. Overall spacing is fairly tight and the texture on the page is dark and punchy, with irregularities that preserve a hand-drawn feel while staying visually consistent across the alphabet and numerals.
It works best for short-to-medium display settings where the bold, brushed texture can carry personality—posters, product packaging, café or event branding, and logo wordmarks. It can also serve as an accent type for pull quotes or social graphics when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The tone is upbeat and informal, evoking hand-lettered signage and mid-century brush scripts. It feels personable and dynamic, with enough swagger and softness to read as friendly rather than formal.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident brush lettering with a controlled, repeatable structure. Its goal is to deliver strong visual flavor and motion—more like hand-painted headlines than formal calligraphy—while remaining legible in prominent sizes.
Numerals match the same brushed, slanted construction, keeping a cohesive color in mixed text. The more angular letters (like V/W/X) retain rounded stroke endings, which helps maintain a smooth, painted character even in sharp forms.