Script typeface

Script typefaces place particular demands on printing technology if the letters are intended to join up and vary like handwriting.

In digital type these (once drawn) can be substituted seamlessly through contextual ligature insertion in applications like InDesign, but this was complicated in metal.

[4][5] Script typefaces have evolved rapidly in the second half of the 20th century due to developments in technology and the end of widespread use of metal type.

Historically, most signwriting on logos, displays and shop frontages did not use fonts but was rather custom-designed lettering created by signpainters and engravers.

In addition, phototypesetting made overlap of characters relatively simple, something very complicated to achieve in metal type.

Matthew Carter has cited his 1966 Snell Roundhand typeface as deliberately designed to replicate a style of calligraphy hard to simulate in metal.

Few fonts provide support for all 52 characters, and their presentations vary in style from roundhand to chancery hand and others.

Cursive is an example of a casual script.
Caflisch Script is an example of a casual script.
Union Pearl, an early script typeface [ 3 ]
Claude Garamond's famous grecs du roi typeface, intended to mimic the handwriting of Cretan scribe Angelo Vergecio . To mimic his writing, many alternate characters are needed. While this style was once very popular in printing the Greek alphabet , it is no longer used due to its complexity.