Script Bidot 8 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, posters, headlines, branding, greeting cards, playful, handmade, retro, friendly, whimsical, hand-lettered feel, compact display, retro charm, friendly tone, bouncy, rounded, monoline feel, quirky, tall ascenders.
A tall, slim handwritten script with simplified, mostly unconnected letterforms and a lightly calligraphic rhythm. Strokes alternate between thick verticals and thinner curves, with rounded terminals, soft corners, and occasional looped entries/exits in the lowercase. Capitals are narrow and upright with minimal flourish, while the lowercase shows the most personality through long ascenders/descenders, a single-storey “a,” and elastic, slightly irregular curves. Numerals follow the same narrow, hand-drawn proportions, with open counters and gently tapered joins that keep the texture lively rather than rigid.
This font is best suited to short-to-medium display settings where its narrow, handwritten energy can read clearly—such as packaging labels, café menus, posters, social graphics, and brand marks. It can work for pull quotes or brief subheads, but its lively stroke contrast and variable widths are most effective when given breathing room.
The overall tone is casual and personable, with a vintage, sign-painter charm. Its narrow, tall stance and buoyant curves give it a cheerful, slightly quirky voice that feels handmade and approachable.
The design appears intended to deliver a hand-lettered script look that stays compact and vertically oriented, offering a friendly, vintage-leaning voice without relying on heavy ornamentation or extensive connecting strokes.
Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, written-by-hand cadence. The mix of restrained capitals and more expressive lowercase makes it especially dependent on the lowercase for character, while the consistent upright posture keeps lines of text from feeling overly swashy.