Script Tebut 2 is a light, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, whimsical, romantic, vintage, airy, formality, ornament, handcrafted, expressiveness, calligraphic, flourished, looped, swashy, delicate.
A refined calligraphic script with slender strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are upright with a gently irregular, hand-drawn rhythm, showing tapered terminals, looping joins, and occasional swashes that extend into neighboring space. Capitals are more expressive and decorative than the lowercase, with curved entry/exit strokes and intermittent cross-strokes that read like pen lifts. Spacing feels lively and slightly uneven in a natural way, with compact lowercase proportions and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical elegance.
Works best for short to medium display settings where the flourishes can be appreciated—wedding and event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, labels/packaging, and editorial headlines or pull quotes. It’s especially effective when paired with a restrained serif or sans for supporting text.
The overall tone is graceful and lightly playful—more romantic than businesslike, with a nostalgic, invitation-style charm. The delicate contrast and looping forms suggest a careful handwritten note or formal correspondence, while the subtle quirks keep it personable rather than rigidly formal.
Designed to evoke a formal handwritten look with calligraphic contrast and decorative capitals, giving designers an expressive script for refined, personality-forward display typography. The consistent pen-like modulation and looping construction aim to deliver elegance while maintaining a natural, human cadence.
Several letters feature distinctive loop constructions (notably in capitals and in descenders), and the figures follow the same calligraphic logic with curled forms that harmonize with the alphabet. The design tends to prioritize flourish and character over tight set-text uniformity, so spacing and rhythm are part of the aesthetic.