Script Dolan 16 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, logo, headlines, posters, social media, friendly, playful, vintage, handmade, approachable, handwritten feel, cheerful branding, display impact, casual elegance, brushy, rounded, looped, bouncy, casual.
A lively brush-script with rounded forms and a noticeably rightward slant. Strokes show smooth, medium contrast with slightly tapered entries and soft, ink-like terminals, creating a continuous handwritten rhythm even when letters are not fully connected. Uppercase characters are compact and curvy with occasional swashy strokes, while lowercase letters are loop-friendly and bouncy, keeping counters open and shapes legible at display sizes. Numerals are simple and rounded, matching the overall brush-drawn texture.
Best suited for short display settings such as packaging, café or boutique branding, posters, and social media graphics where its brush-script personality can be a focal point. It also works well for upbeat invitations, labels, and pull quotes, especially when set with generous tracking and line spacing to preserve its airy, handwritten flow.
The overall tone feels warm, informal, and upbeat, like neat marker or brush lettering used for cheerful signage. Its vintage-leaning, handmade character reads personable and inviting rather than formal or corporate.
The design appears intended to emulate confident brush handwriting with a clean, consistent stroke and gently decorative flourishes, balancing expressiveness with readability for prominent, attention-getting text.
Spacing and widths vary subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, written-by-hand cadence. The letterforms favor soft curves over sharp corners, and many joins are implied through flowing stroke direction even where characters remain separated.