Calligraphic Vokav 11 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, invitations, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, literary, classic, whimsical, storybook, expressiveness, elegance, heritage, ornament, brushlike, flourished, organic, tapered, calligraphic.
This typeface presents drawn, calligraphic letterforms with a noticeably slanted axis and lively, brushlike stroke modulation. Strokes taper into sharp, pointed terminals and occasional wedge-like finishes, creating crisp entry and exit strokes rather than blunt endings. Proportions feel compact with small lowercase bodies and relatively prominent ascenders/descenders, while capitals carry more ornament and sweeping curves. Spacing is slightly irregular in a natural way, and the overall rhythm alternates between thin hairlines and fuller strokes for an expressive, ink-on-paper texture.
It suits short-to-medium display settings where its tapered strokes and ornamental capitals can be appreciated—such as book and chapter titles, invitations, labels, and boutique packaging. It can also work for pull quotes or branding wordmarks when set with comfortable tracking and generous line spacing to preserve its airy, inked rhythm.
The overall tone is refined yet playful, evoking classic penmanship with a lightly whimsical, storybook character. It feels formal enough for elegant headings, but the hand-drawn movement and flourishes add warmth and personality rather than strict severity.
The design appears intended to capture the expressiveness of formal pen lettering—combining sharp, tapered terminals with gently flourishing curves to produce a distinctive, graceful voice for display typography.
Several capitals include decorative swashes and curled terminals that create a distinctive silhouette at display sizes. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic with tapered strokes and curving forms, giving them an old-style, handwritten presence that matches the text samples.