Script Guwu 9 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, headlines, signage, playful, retro, friendly, lively, casual, hand-lettered feel, approachability, display emphasis, signage style, informal elegance, rounded, bouncy, slanted, brushy, soft terminals.
A slanted, brush-like script with rounded forms and smooth, continuous movement between strokes. The letterforms show a lively baseline bounce and gently irregular widths that mimic natural handwriting, with soft terminals and occasional looped joins. Capitals are compact and simplified rather than highly flourished, while lowercase forms lean into cursive shapes with single-storey structures and open counters. Numerals follow the same handwritten rhythm, with curved, slightly elastic strokes that keep the texture consistent in mixed text.
Well-suited to short-to-medium display text where personality is the goal: brand marks, product packaging, café or boutique signage, posters, and promotional headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers when paired with a calmer text face for body copy.
The overall tone is warm and personable, with a cheerful, slightly nostalgic feel reminiscent of mid-century signage and casual hand-lettering. Its rhythmic slant and rounded shapes make it feel approachable and energetic rather than formal or ceremonial.
The font appears designed to capture the ease of quick brush lettering in a polished, repeatable form, offering an expressive script voice that stays readable in everyday phrases. Its restrained ornamentation suggests an emphasis on friendly communication and broad display usability rather than calligraphic formality.
The design maintains a consistent stroke character across caps, lowercase, and figures, prioritizing fluidity and gesture over strict uniformity. The italic angle and subtle stroke modulation create a smooth horizontal flow that reads best when allowed some breathing room.