Calligraphic Tiho 4 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, children’s books, invitations, packaging, posters, whimsical, storybook, playful, charming, handmade, hand-lettered feel, decorative display, friendly tone, whimsical accent, casual elegance, rounded, bouncy, swashy, looped, informal.
A lively, hand-drawn calligraphic style with rounded forms, softly tapered terminals, and frequent loops and curls. Strokes feel brush- or marker-like, with modest modulation and a slightly uneven, organic rhythm that varies from glyph to glyph. The capitals are decorative and often swashed, while the lowercase maintains a simple, upright skeleton with a short x-height and open counters. Overall spacing and widths are intentionally irregular, reinforcing a casual handwritten texture.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where character and charm are more important than strict uniformity—such as greeting cards, party invitations, children’s materials, boutique packaging, and display lines on posters or social graphics. It reads most confidently at display sizes where the swashes and loops have room to show.
The tone is friendly and whimsical, suggesting storybook warmth and a playful, slightly fanciful personality. Its curls and bounce read as expressive rather than formal, giving text a personable, handcrafted feel.
Designed to emulate neat, embellished hand-lettering with a calligraphic flair, combining readable upright forms with playful swashes to create a distinctive, friendly display voice.
Several glyphs feature distinctive interior spirals and teardrop-like terminals, adding a decorative sparkle at larger sizes. Numerals share the same rounded, hand-lettered energy and remain clear, though the irregularity is more noticeable in longer passages.