Typographically speaking, the term “script” refers to any typeface that’s designed to look hand-drawn. Script faces come in many forms, from formal engraving faces to loose advertising faces to those that attempt to imitate everyday handwriting. They fall into three general categories (shown here): calligraphic (including chanceries, uncials, and blackletter or fraktur faces), roundhands, and brush faces. In most cases, the shapes of their characters move them well beyond the predictable and manageable boxy forms of everyday roman characters, so setting requires extra attention—often in unexpected places. Script faces For example, very few script faces can be set in all caps. Most just weren’t designed to be used this way, and some of the more exotic forms used for script capitals can be unrecognizable without the accompaniment of more familiar lowercase forms to provide some context. Exceptions to the rule are faces such as Impress and Dom Casual, which were designed as advertising faces and derive from the kind of lettering—often in all caps—that you see in hand-painted supermarket signage.

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