Script Enkad 8 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, headlines, quotes, friendly, retro, casual, cheerful, crafty, hand-lettered look, approachability, display impact, nostalgia, brushy, rounded, bouncy, slanted, looping.
A brush-like cursive with a steady rightward slant and softly tapered stroke endings. Forms are compact with rounded joins, occasional looped entries, and a lively baseline that creates a slightly bouncy rhythm. Uppercase letters are simplified and upright in structure but still follow the same fluid, painted stroke logic, while lowercase shows more continuous motion and pronounced ascenders/descenders. Numerals match the hand-drawn feel with rounded shapes and subtle stroke modulation.
Well suited to short-to-medium display settings such as logos, product packaging, café menus, greeting cards, social graphics, and poster headlines. It can also work for pull quotes and subheads where a friendly handwritten voice is desired, but it will read best when given enough size and line spacing to preserve its loops and joins.
The overall tone is warm and personable, balancing legibility with an informal handwritten charm. Its smooth curves and rounded terminals give it a nostalgic, approachable character that reads as upbeat rather than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver a polished, hand-lettered script look that feels energetic and inviting, combining brush-pen fluidity with tidy, repeatable letterforms for consistent display typography.
Spacing feels intentionally snug, helping words hold together as cohesive shapes, while open counters keep the texture from getting too dark in longer lines. The stroke texture looks consistent across the set, with minimal roughness—more like a controlled marker or brush pen than dry ink.