Brush Script vs Script

Brush Script evolved from Script — the casual brush branch of the script family.

Type specimen — Brush Script (Casual script); shown in Pacifico (OFL)

Brush Script

An informal connected script that imitates quick, confident strokes of a paint or ink brush, full of swelling weight and a relaxed bounce. The 1942 ATF original defined the casual, hand-lettered look of mid-century advertising.

  • Swelling, tapering strokes mimicking a loaded brush
  • Connected letters on a bouncing, informal baseline
  • Rough, painterly terminal edges
  • Single-story, casual letterforms
  • Moderate slope with energetic, gestural rhythm
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Type specimen — Script (Script family); set in Dancing Script (OFL)

Script

The family of typefaces that imitate handwriting, from the disciplined loops of engraved formal scripts to the relaxed strokes of casual brush and pen hands. Letters lean, swell, and — in most scripts — physically join.

  • Letters joined by entry and exit connecting strokes
  • Slanted, gestural axis imitating handwriting
  • Looping ascenders and descenders
  • Flourished or swashed capital letters
  • Modulated stroke weight from pen or brush
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At a glance

Brush ScriptScript
Era1942–presentc. 1550–present
DisciplineTypographyTypography
RegionUnited States, GlobalFrance, England, United States, Global
FamilyScriptScript
Formal traitsbrush, connected-script, slanted, casualconnected-script, slanted, flourished, hand-modeled

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