Script Rata 1 is a regular weight, narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, playful, romantic, crafted, airy, hand-lettered feel, modern calligraphy, decorative caps, friendly elegance, display emphasis, brushy, looping, whimsical, bouncy, calligraphic.
A flowing script with a brush-pen feel, combining smooth, hairline entry strokes with fuller downstrokes and rounded terminals. Letterforms are slightly right-leaning with lively baseline movement and generous, open counters, creating an airy texture despite the compact horizontal footprint. Capitals are tall and decorative with prominent loops and occasional swash-like strokes, while lowercase forms are simplified and legible with frequent single-storey structures and soft joins. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn rhythm, mixing slender curves and thicker strokes for a cohesive, informal-calligraphic set.
Best suited to display contexts where its looping capitals and brush contrast can be appreciated—wedding and event invitations, boutique branding, product packaging, social graphics, and pull quotes. It also works well for short headlines or name marks, especially when paired with a quiet sans or serif for supporting text.
The overall tone is elegant yet approachable—like modern hand-lettering for invitations and lifestyle branding. Its high-contrast brush rhythm and looping capitals add a romantic, celebratory feel, while the bouncy spacing and simplified lowercase keep it friendly rather than overly formal.
This font appears designed to emulate contemporary brush calligraphy in a clean, consistent digital script: expressive capitals, readable lowercase, and a polished hand-lettered rhythm aimed at stylish, personal communication.
Stroke contrast is strongly directional, with consistent thickening on downstrokes and delicate connecting hairlines that can appear fragile at very small sizes. The lively, hand-rendered irregularities are controlled enough to read smoothly in short text, but the most decorative impact comes from the uppercase set and mixed-case word shapes.