Script Ihdiw 2 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, signage, posters, branding, vintage, cheerful, friendly, playful, retro, expressiveness, nostalgia, display impact, handmade feel, swashy, rounded, looped, connected, high-contrast joins.
A flowing cursive with a pronounced rightward slant and heavy, rounded strokes. Letterforms are compact and smooth with teardrop-like terminals, soft entry/exit strokes, and frequent looped joins that suggest a continuous pen movement. Capitals are prominent and decorative, featuring broad bowls and occasional swash-like strokes, while lowercase forms stay relatively even in height with lively ascenders/descenders. Numerals follow the same calligraphic rhythm, with curving silhouettes and occasional flicked terminals that keep the texture consistent across mixed content.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings such as headlines, logos, labels, menus, and retro-inspired packaging where the connected script and decorative capitals can shine. It can work for brief passages at larger sizes, especially when generous tracking and line spacing are used to keep the dark rhythm from feeling crowded.
The overall tone is upbeat and nostalgic, evoking classic sign-painting and mid-century display lettering. Its bouncy rhythm and rounded terminals feel welcoming and informal while still reading as a polished, intentional script.
Designed to deliver a confident, expressive script with a vintage-leaning personality, combining sturdy strokes with smooth looping connections for high impact and a handcrafted feel.
The texture is dense and dark at text sizes due to the sturdy stroke weight, and the connected construction creates a strong horizontal flow. The more ornate capitals can draw attention in initial positions, making capitalization choices a key part of the overall voice.