The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Edwardian Script vs Ambassador Script
Two commercial formal scripts for invitations and stationery, from different eras of digital type. ITC Edwardian Script is Ed Benguiat's 1994 steel-pen script, a polished, pressure-driven copperplate that ships with Microsoft Office, while Ambassador Script is Canada Type's 2007 revival of Aldo Novarese's 1955 Nebiolo script Juliet, rebuilt as a huge OpenType Pro with thousands of swash and alternate glyphs.
Edwardian Script is a commercial font, so it is shown here in Mrs Saint Delafield, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Edwardian Script → Ambassador Script is a commercial font, so it is shown here in Pinyon Script, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Ambassador Script →
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- Edwardian Script models the stroke contrast of a flexible pointed steel pen, where pressure rather than nib angle makes the thicks and thins, and Benguiat redrew the joins until the connections read as true handwriting.
- Ambassador Script descends from Novarese's Juliet, a less-slanted calligraphic script, and Rebecca Alaccari and Patrick Griffin expanded it with alternates, swashes, flourishes, and beginning and ending forms.
- Edwardian Script is a compact family of two styles, Regular and Bold, whereas Ambassador Script's Pro font alone holds 2,396 characters according to Monotype, with the alternate sets also sold separately.
- Both are commercial: Edwardian Script styles start at about $40.99 each on MyFonts and come bundled with Microsoft Office, while Ambassador Script Pro lists at $69.95, so licensing cost and existing access are factors.
Edwardian Script
Reach for Edwardian Script when you want a classic, instantly recognisable wedding-invitation copperplate, especially if an Office licence already puts it on your machine.
Ambassador Script
Reach for Ambassador Script when you want a mid-century Italian flavour and a deep OpenType toolkit of swashes and alternates for custom lettering in logos, labels, and packaging.