Script Afnov 16 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, quotes, whimsical, elegant, playful, handmade, romantic, handwritten charm, decorative display, personal tone, boutique feel, monoline feel, looping, bouncy, tall ascenders, long descenders.
A handwritten script with tall, slender proportions and a lively, bouncing baseline rhythm. Strokes show a calligraphic, pen-drawn behavior with tapered terminals and occasional swelling through curves, creating a crisp, high-contrast look. Letterforms are rounded and loop-forward, with generous ascenders/descenders and relatively small lowercase bodies, giving the alphabet an airy verticality. Spacing is open and the forms are mostly unconnected, reading like neat hand lettering rather than continuous cursive, with distinctive swashes on select capitals.
Best suited for short-to-medium display text such as invitations, greeting cards, product labels, boutique branding, and pull quotes where its looping forms can be appreciated. It can also work for headings and subheads paired with a calmer serif or sans for body copy.
The overall tone is light, charming, and slightly fanciful—suggesting boutique craft, personal notes, and whimsical editorial accents. Its tall loops and delicate finishes add a touch of elegance while still feeling informal and friendly.
The design appears intended to emulate tidy, stylized hand lettering—prioritizing personality and vertical grace over strict typographic regularity. Its narrow, looped construction and tapered terminals aim to deliver an elegant, whimsical voice for display-driven applications.
Capitals are especially expressive, with simplified, narrow silhouettes and occasional flourish-like entrances/exits that help at display sizes. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same handwritten logic, with rounded bowls and soft, pen-lift terminals that keep texture consistent across mixed-case settings.