awful type

I was looking through Microsoft word and I found a type that I was having the hardest time reading.  The font is called Edwardian Script.  (I couldn't upload an example from Microsoft Word, so I found this image from Google.  It is from http://www.fontfinder.ws./418/Edwardian-Script-ITC-Bold-Package.html)  Granted its fluidity and script style makes it beautiful, but this does not constitute a good font.  

This font is readable only at larger sizes.  If it goes below size 16 then it becomes incredibly hard to read as it has a smaller x-height to begin with.  Once the font is brought smaller than 18, the letters are no longer distinct but rather resemble a wavy line after a beautifully drawn capital letter.

Edwardian Script also does not work for long periods of times.  It serves as drop letters of old fashioned books or romantic letters very nicely, but it certainly doesn't work for essays or even for projects longer than a page.  The reader would simply get frustrated trying to decipher the letters and give up.  I would even question using this font on invitations.  Granted it is very elegant, but the reader can only understand the information if it is larger than a normal font size to read it.  For example, what would acceptable for Times New Roman to be written in (size 12 or 14), Edwardian Script has to be written in a bigger font size (size 16 or 18).

This font should not be discarded because of the problems that are associated with it, but rather it should just be used in moderation and appropriately.  You wouldn't wear a cocktail dress to a monster truck rally, so don't use this font to advertise one.