Script Ohli 16 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, retro, friendly, confident, playful, informal, expressiveness, hand-lettered feel, display impact, retro flavor, brushy, rounded, looping, swashy, casual.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with thick, rounded strokes and tapered terminals. Letterforms show looped entries and exits, occasional swashes, and compact counters, with a slightly compressed overall footprint and uneven, hand-drawn rhythm. Joins are generally flowing and cursive in feel, while capitals introduce larger, more decorative gestures that add emphasis and movement. Numerals follow the same brush logic, with soft curves and simplified, sign-like shapes.
Best suited to short, high-impact lines such as headlines, posters, logos, packaging callouts, and display signage where the brushy motion can be appreciated. It can also work for social graphics and invitations when set with generous tracking and line spacing to keep forms distinct.
The tone is upbeat and personable, with a retro sign-painting flavor that feels energetic and welcoming. Its bold, sweeping curves read as confident and expressive, leaning more toward casual charm than formality.
Designed to mimic confident hand-lettering with a brush, prioritizing expressive stroke flow and a lively, cursive rhythm for attention-grabbing display typography.
At text sizes the heavy stroke and tight internal spaces can make dense settings feel dark, while larger sizes showcase the lively curves and characteristic loops more clearly. Capitals are notably more decorative than lowercase, which can create a pronounced hierarchy in titles.