Script Ohka 1 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, headlines, signage, retro, friendly, lively, casual, confident, handwritten flavor, display impact, retro appeal, friendly branding, brushy, rounded, bouncy, swashy, compact.
A compact, right-leaning script with bold, brush-like strokes and rounded terminals. Letterforms show a rhythmic, bouncy baseline with smooth joins and occasional entry/exit swashes, giving the text a continuous handwritten flow. Counters are relatively tight and the overall texture is dense, with clear stroke modulation that suggests a broad-tip or brush tool rather than a rigid pen. Uppercase characters are more decorative and looped, while lowercase remains sturdy and simplified for readability.
Well-suited to short, prominent text where a friendly script voice is desired, such as logos, packaging, café/restaurant branding, posters, and social graphics. It performs best at display sizes where the dense, brushy joins and compact counters remain crisp and the swashy capitals can be used as accents.
The font projects a cheerful, retro-leaning charm with an energetic, personable tone. Its heavy, rounded strokes feel welcoming and informal, while the flowing connections add a sense of motion and confidence.
The design appears intended to emulate a bold, brush-script hand with a polished, consistent rhythm—balancing decorative capitals and fluid connections with sturdy lowercase forms for punchy, upbeat display typography.
Capitals carry the strongest personality, with pronounced curves and flourish-like terminals that can dominate at larger sizes. Numerals are similarly rounded and weighty, matching the script’s overall softness and maintaining a consistent, display-oriented color in text.