Print Verus 11 is a light, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, headlines, logos, packaging, elegant, whimsical, vintage, delicate, poetic, hand lettering, decorative display, romantic tone, boutique branding, calligraphic, looping, flourished, swashy, monoline feel.
This font presents as a neat, hand-drawn print with a calligraphic skeleton and frequent swash-like entry/exit strokes. Strokes taper into hairlines and expand into darker stems, creating a lively, pen-written contrast and a gently uneven rhythm. Letterforms are generally slender with generous counters and occasional looping terminals; capitals show the most ornament, with extended curves and decorative cross-strokes. Overall spacing is moderate and the texture reads airy rather than dense, with a consistent right-leaning pen movement even while the letters remain largely upright.
It works best for short-form, expressive typography such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and packaging where the flourished details can be appreciated. It can also serve as a display face for headings or pull quotes, particularly when a handwritten elegance is desired.
The tone is refined yet playful, mixing formal calligraphy cues with a casual handwritten informality. Its flourishes give it a romantic, slightly old-fashioned charm, while the lightness and open shapes keep it friendly and approachable.
The design appears intended to emulate careful pen lettering: a printable, unconnected handwritten style that borrows from formal script through tapered strokes and decorative terminals. Its goal is likely to provide a graceful, personality-forward option for display text without requiring full cursive connectivity.
Several glyphs feature pronounced loops and long, curved terminals that can create distinctive silhouettes, especially in all-caps settings. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with smooth curves and thin joining strokes, helping them blend naturally with text.