Script Dolan 9 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, packaging, quotes, social media, friendly, playful, casual, charming, retro, handwritten warmth, decorative caps, readable script, casual charm, rounded, looped, bouncy, soft, flourished.
A flowing, handwritten script with gently slanted, rounded forms and smooth, continuous stroke motion. Strokes show modest contrast with bulb-like terminals and frequent looped entries/exits, giving letters a buoyant rhythm. Capitals are tall and decorative with prominent swashes, while lowercase forms keep a compact x-height and rely on long ascenders/descenders for vertical character. Overall spacing and widths vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, pen-drawn feel while maintaining consistent stroke weight and curvature.
Best suited for short to medium-length display settings where personality matters—greeting cards, invitations, product packaging, cafe/market branding, pull quotes, and social posts. It can also work for headers or subheads when paired with a simple sans for supporting text.
The font feels warm and personable, with a lighthearted, slightly nostalgic tone. Its loops and soft terminals add a cheerful informality, making text read like a friendly note or handcrafted label rather than a strict formal script.
Designed to capture the look of neat, connected handwriting with enough flourish to feel special, while keeping letterforms readable and consistent in running words. The emphasis appears to be on approachable charm and decorative uppercase forms for attention-grabbing starts.
Numerals mirror the same rounded, handwritten logic, with simple shapes and soft turns that match the letterforms. The sample text shows clear word shapes and smooth joins, with capitals acting as expressive anchors at the start of words.