Script Duse 2 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, greeting cards, elegant, romantic, vintage, playful, refined, signature feel, ornamental caps, celebratory, handcrafted, looping, flourished, calligraphic, swashy, bouncy.
A flowing script with a calligraphic pen-drawn feel, combining slender hairlines with fuller downstrokes and gently tapered terminals. Letterforms lean forward and follow a lively baseline rhythm, with rounded bowls, long entry/exit strokes, and frequent loops in both capitals and ascenders/descenders. Capitals are decorative and prominent, featuring generous curves and occasional swashes, while lowercase forms stay compact with a distinctly small x-height and clear stroke modulation. Numerals echo the same cursive motion, using open curves and soft, handwritten joins rather than rigid geometry.
Best suited to display uses where its looping capitals and calligraphic contrast can be appreciated—wedding or event invitations, boutique branding, product packaging, greeting cards, and short headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or short phrases, especially when paired with a simpler text face for longer reading.
The overall tone is polished and personable—romantic and slightly vintage, with an upbeat, friendly bounce. Its flourishes suggest a formal handwritten tradition, but the rounded shapes and rhythmic motion keep it approachable rather than austere.
The letterforms appear designed to capture a formal handwritten signature style with ornamental capitals and confident, pen-like stroke modulation. It aims to provide an expressive script voice that feels crafted and celebratory while remaining legible for short-to-medium display text.
The design shows consistent contrast and smooth curves across the set, with decorative capitals that can become the visual focus in a line of text. The tight lowercase proportions and energetic loops make spacing and word rhythm feel animated, especially in mixed-case settings.