Calligraphic Etko 10 is a light, wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
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A decorative calligraphic display face with crisp, high-contrast strokes and small, tapered terminals. Capitals feature prominent swashes and looped entry/exit strokes, with occasional extended crossbars and hairline flourishes that create a lively top line. Lowercase forms are comparatively restrained and serifed, maintaining a consistent vertical axis and a measured rhythm, while numerals follow the same refined, thin–thick logic with clear, old-style elegance. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across characters, emphasizing a handcrafted, lettered feel rather than rigid uniformity.
Well suited to short-to-medium display settings where decorative capitals can be showcased, such as invitations, stationery, certificates, editorial headlines, book or chapter titles, and premium packaging. It can also work for logos or wordmarks that benefit from a bespoke, swashed initial and a classic, readable lowercase in supporting letters.
The overall tone is refined and formal, with a romantic, old-world flourish that reads as ceremonial and slightly theatrical. The swashed capitals add a sense of invitation and prestige, while the calmer lowercase keeps longer lines feeling literary rather than purely ornamental.
The design appears intended to provide a formal, calligraphic voice with statement-making capitals and a tradition-leaning serif foundation for the rest of the alphabet. It prioritizes elegance and distinctive word shapes, aiming to elevate titles and names through flourish and contrast.
The strongest personality lives in the uppercase set, where extended strokes and loops can dominate a line and create dramatic word shapes. In mixed-case text, the contrast between exuberant capitals and quieter lowercase produces a distinctive hierarchy, making initial letters and proper nouns especially prominent.