Script Hobu 7 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, headlines, packaging, posters, quotes, friendly, retro, casual, confident, playful, expressiveness, informality, impact, handmade feel, display emphasis, rounded, brushy, monoline, connected, looping.
A heavy, right-leaning script with rounded terminals and a smooth, brush-like stroke. Letterforms are compact with tight internal spaces and an energetic baseline rhythm, mixing connected cursive joins with occasional lifted strokes. Capitals are large and swashy with simple entry/exit strokes, while lowercase forms stay relatively small and compact, creating a strong cap-to-lowercase contrast. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with soft curves, slightly irregular widths, and a cohesive, drawn-in-one-go feel.
Best suited to display settings where the thick strokes and cursive movement can be appreciated—logos, branding lockups, packaging labels, posters, and short promotional lines. It can work for punchy subheads or pull quotes when given enough size and spacing, but is less appropriate for long text passages.
The font reads as upbeat and approachable, with a nostalgic, sign-painting flavor. Its bold presence and flowing motion give it a confident, friendly voice that feels informal rather than ceremonial.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, handwritten script that feels fast and personable, combining legible cursive structures with expressive capitals for emphasis. It prioritizes a strong, dark texture and lively rhythm suitable for attention-grabbing display typography.
Connections are generally smooth but not perfectly uniform, preserving a hand-rendered texture. The overall silhouette is dense and dark, so counters and joins can begin to merge at smaller sizes, while at display sizes the looping forms and swashes become a defining feature.