Script Esgoh 8 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, certificates, elegant, vintage, romantic, expressive, confident, formal flourish, handwritten charm, display impact, signature style, brushy, calligraphic, looping, slanted, high-contrast edges.
A slanted, brush-pen script with substantial stroke weight and softly tapering terminals. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with occasional sharp turns, giving a lively handwritten rhythm while staying fairly consistent in stroke behavior. Capitals are larger and more flamboyant, featuring long entry and exit strokes and generous loops, while the lowercase is compact with a relatively low x-height and prominent ascenders/descenders. Counters tend to be small and rounded, spacing is naturally uneven in a handwritten way, and the numerals follow the same flowing, cursive construction.
Best used for short display settings such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and headlines where the bold, looping capitals can shine. It can also work for signatures or pull quotes, but longer passages will benefit from generous size and spacing to maintain readability.
The overall tone feels classic and personable—an expressive, slightly dramatic script that reads as refined rather than casual. Its sweeping capitals and energetic slant suggest a romantic, vintage-leaning voice suited to display use where character is more important than strict regularity.
The design appears intended to mimic confident, brush-written formal penmanship—combining strong stroke weight with decorative looping forms for an upscale, expressive script voice.
The texture is intentionally dynamic: thick strokes and tapered joins create a painted look, and the baseline movement and letter-to-letter variation add warmth. At smaller sizes the dense joins and tight counters can reduce clarity, while at larger sizes the loops and swashes become a defining feature.