Script Dufu 4 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, packaging, quotes, greeting cards, cheerful, friendly, playful, handmade, lively, hand-lettered feel, expressive display, decorative capitals, friendly branding, brushy, swashy, rounded, bouncy, casual.
A lively script with a brush-pen feel, combining thick, inked-downstrokes with finer connecting strokes and tapered terminals. Forms lean mostly upright and stay compact, with rounded bowls, soft joins, and occasional entry/exit swashes that add motion. Stroke modulation is pronounced, and counters are fairly tight, giving the alphabet a dense, energetic rhythm. Capitals are more decorative and looped, while lowercase maintains a consistent, flowing handwriting structure that reads clearly in words.
Best suited for display uses where personality is the priority—headlines, branding marks, packaging, posters, social graphics, and short quote treatments. It can work well for invitations or greeting-card copy when set at moderate sizes with comfortable tracking to preserve the interior shapes.
The overall tone is warm and upbeat, like confident hand-lettering with a slightly whimsical bounce. It feels approachable and expressive rather than formal, bringing an artisanal, crafted personality to short phrases and titles.
Designed to emulate expressive brush-script lettering with a strong, modern display presence. The goal appears to be a friendly, handcrafted look that stays legible while still offering decorative flourishes in capitals and select terminals.
Spacing appears intentionally tight and rhythmic, helping words hold together as a cohesive line. Some letterforms feature distinctive looped construction (notably in capitals), which adds character but can make longer all-caps settings feel more ornamental.