Script Efbut 8 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, packaging, posters, headlines, social graphics, warm, lively, retro, friendly, confident, expressiveness, handmade feel, display impact, vintage flair, brushy, swashy, rounded, bouncy, calligraphic.
A slanted brush-script with high-contrast strokes and a clear handwritten rhythm. Letterforms show rounded terminals, teardrop-like counters, and pressure-driven thick–thin modulation that reads like a felt-tip or brush pen. Capitals are more decorative with occasional swash-like entry strokes, while lowercase maintains a compact, slightly bouncy baseline and tight internal spacing. Figures are stylized and curvy, matching the script’s weighty downstrokes and softer, tapered joins.
This face is well-suited to short, prominent text where its brush contrast and swashy capitals can lead: branding wordmarks, packaging callouts, poster headlines, and social media graphics. It can also work for quotes, invitations, and menu headings when set with generous spacing and ample size to preserve its delicate hairlines.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, with a vintage sign-painting flavor. It feels expressive and inviting rather than formal, projecting confidence and charm through its bold brush movement and playful curves.
The design appears intended to mimic confident brush lettering with a polished, repeatable consistency. Its emphasis on energetic stroke modulation and decorative capitals suggests a focus on display typography that adds personality and motion to titles and brand phrases.
Stroke endings often finish with gentle hooks or tapered flicks, giving words a flowing, continuous feel even when letters aren’t fully connected. The heaviest downstrokes create strong word shapes at display sizes, while the finer hairlines and compact counters suggest avoiding very small settings or low-contrast backgrounds.