Script Osty 6 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, headlines, invitations, friendly, retro, lively, confident, warm, hand-lettered feel, display impact, expressive swashes, friendly branding, brushy, rounded, looping, swashy, casual.
A slanted, brush-like script with rounded terminals, flowing joins, and pronounced entry/exit strokes that create a continuous handwritten rhythm. Strokes show clear pressure modulation, with thick downstrokes and narrower connecting hairlines, and many capitals feature generous loops and soft, teardrop-like counters. Lowercase forms are compact with small bowls and relatively short ascenders, while descenders (notably g, j, y) add buoyant, curving tails that help maintain momentum across words. Spacing is moderately tight and the shapes are intentionally irregular in a natural way, emphasizing a drawn, energetic texture rather than strict geometric consistency.
This font is well suited to branding and logo-like wordmarks, packaging, café or boutique signage, and poster headlines where its sweeping joins and brush contrast can carry personality. It can also work for invitations and greeting-style layouts when set with ample size and line spacing to keep the swashes from crowding.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, evoking a classic sign-painting or mid-century display script feel. Its confident swashes and rounded forms read as welcoming and expressive, leaning more playful than formal while still feeling polished.
The design appears intended to deliver an expressive, hand-lettered script that feels crafted and dynamic, combining brush-calligraphy contrast with approachable, rounded forms for strong display impact.
Capitals are the primary display feature, with distinctive looped constructions that create strong word shapes in titles. Numerals are similarly brush-formed and slightly decorative, best used at larger sizes where their quirks and curves remain clear.