Script Onbav 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, headlines, posters, invitations, elegant, lively, retro, confident, friendly, signature feel, display impact, brush lettering, personal tone, brushy, slanted, looping, connected, smooth.
A slanted, brush-pen script with smooth, connected construction and rounded terminals. Strokes show clear modulation, with thicker downstrokes and lighter connecting hairlines, giving the letters a dynamic, written rhythm. Uppercase forms are expressive yet compact, featuring occasional entry swashes and gentle loops, while the lowercase maintains a consistent cursive flow with a relatively small x-height and tall ascenders. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with curved forms and angled stress that match the text color in continuous settings.
This font suits logos, product packaging, event invitations, and promotional headlines where a handwritten signature feel is desired. It works well for short to medium text runs such as quotes, taglines, menus, and social graphics, especially when set with generous tracking or line spacing to preserve the internal counters and joins.
The overall tone feels polished and personable—like confident handwriting cleaned up for display. Its brisk slant and brushy weight shifts add energy and warmth, while the controlled curves keep it refined rather than casual.
The design appears intended to capture the speed and flair of brush lettering while maintaining consistent structure for repeatable typesetting. It balances expressive capitals and smooth connections with a compact footprint, aiming for a distinctive display script that remains readable in typical headline use.
Joins are generally tight and smooth, creating a continuous baseline flow that reads best at larger sizes. The dense, dark texture and narrow letterforms can make long passages feel heavy, but they deliver strong presence for short statements and branding-style lines.