KatieRose is such a lovely font. According to the calligrapher who designed it, it was made “to have an elegant, handwritten feel, without the fussiness of traditional calligraphic scripts.” Its sculptural strokes are easy on the eyes, luckily, at both big and small sizes. If your budget is such that you have to pass on traditional [...]
Carolyn Pro Black is our choice of calligraphy-styled typography this week (even month, perhaps). It’s handwritten and whimsical style is perfect for those of you looking for a more casual font to use on your wedding invitations. The Carolyna font family comes with many alternates, so you have a choice when it comes to how [...]
Regular readers know I’m a big type nerd. I love letterforms and have been known to shop for new fonts the way many people shop for clothes. My latest fixation is Narziss by Hubert Jocham.
When I was growing up, my older sister Wendy took up calligraphy as a hobby. She abandoned it pretty quickly but her handwriting today is still AMAZING. Compared to my scrawl, which is bigger than it probably has to be (like a child’s) and is generally a print-cursive hybrid many penmanship teachers would frown upon. [...]
