Script Esmar 1 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, social media, friendly, retro, expressive, casual, confident, brush lettering, display impact, friendly branding, handmade feel, brushy, rounded, slanted, looping, compact.
A slanted brush-script with compact proportions and rounded, teardrop-like stroke endings. The letterforms show smooth, continuous curves with occasional looped terminals and soft joins, giving the alphabet an energetic handwritten rhythm. Strokes feel pressure-shaped rather than monoline, with broad curves and tapered entry/exit strokes that create a clear calligraphic flow. Uppercase forms are simplified and slightly ornamental, while lowercase stays tight and bouncy, keeping word shapes dense and cohesive.
This font works best at display sizes where its brush curves and compact word shapes can be appreciated—such as headlines, posters, branding marks, packaging callouts, and social media graphics. It can also suit short subheads or pull quotes, but dense paragraphs may feel heavy due to the dark, continuous script texture.
The overall tone is warm and upbeat, with a casual confidence that reads as personable and slightly nostalgic. Its brushy curves and buoyant slant give it a lively, conversational feel suited to friendly, attention-grabbing messaging rather than formal documents.
The design appears intended to emulate confident brush lettering with a clean, controlled finish—capturing hand-made energy while maintaining consistent, repeatable forms. Its compact build and lively slant suggest a focus on impactful, personable display typography for modern branding with a retro-leaning flair.
Numerals follow the same flowing logic, leaning and rounding consistently with the letters for cohesive mixed typography. The texture on a line of text is dark and rhythmic, with a strong forward motion and noticeable swash-like strokes on several capitals and descenders.