Picture a wedding invitation suite laid out on the studio table, the couple's names set large in a flowing hand while the details sit quietly below. Lucien Schoenschriftv CAT, drawn by Peter Wiegel and released through his CAT-Fonts foundry, is made for that kind of job. It is a script-handwritten face with a formal streak, tagged for both headings and paragraph settings, which is a rarer combination than it sounds.

The main file ships in a single Regular weight, so treat it as a voice rather than a system: one setting, used well. Character coverage runs to more than 266 Latin-based languages, so multilingual work will not strand you mid-sentence hunting for a missing accent. Good fits include boutique hotel menu cards, certificate and award headings, editorial pull quotes in a lifestyle feature, and hand-lettered style labels for small-batch packaging. There is enough presence in it for shop signage and event boards too, where a script has to read from across a room.

One practical note: scripts like this one live or die on spacing. At display sizes, 48 pt and up, tighten the tracking slightly so the letters connect the way handwriting does, and give the line generous leading so ascenders and descenders have room. Go the other way for text sizes: open the tracking a touch, increase the leading, and keep runs short, a caption or a two-line intro rather than a full column. Released under the Open Font License, free for personal and commercial use, with the files hosted here for direct download below.