Script Efged 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, invitations, headlines, elegant, vintage, expressive, confident, dynamic, signature look, display flair, refined script, retro styling, swashy, calligraphic, looped, brushed, high-angled.
This typeface presents a right-leaning, calligraphic script built from smooth, tapering strokes with gently modulated thickness. Letterforms are narrow and upright in their internal structure but strongly slanted overall, with compact lowercase proportions and relatively tall ascenders and descenders that create a lively vertical rhythm. Terminals are clean and often pointed or subtly rounded, and several glyphs show looped entries/exits and occasional swash-like extensions (notably in letters such as g, j, y, and z). The caps read as simplified, italicized calligraphic capitals with restrained flourish, pairing cleanly with the more cursive lowercase. Numerals match the oblique, pen-drawn feel, maintaining consistent stroke behavior and a slightly condensed footprint.
Well-suited for branding and logo lines that benefit from an elegant handwritten signature feel, as well as packaging, labels, and editorial or poster headlines. It can also work for invitations and event materials where a formal script tone is desired, especially at sizes that allow the loops and terminals to read clearly.
The overall tone is polished and personable—more refined than casual handwriting, with a vintage, sign-painter energy. Its confident slant and brisk stroke endings suggest speed and flair, lending an expressive, stylish voice suited to attention-grabbing phrases.
The design appears intended to deliver a formal, handwritten script impression with a brisk italic motion—balancing readability with expressive, pen-like details. It aims to provide a cohesive cursive texture for short-to-medium display text while keeping capitals relatively controlled for practical titling.
The texture stays relatively even in running text, with clear word shapes and energetic joins, while the longer descenders and occasional loops add decorative movement. The sample setting shows it holding together well at display sizes, where the calligraphic details and swashy forms become a key part of the character.