Calligraphic Roha 9 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, headlines, certificates, elegant, formal, romantic, classic, refined, display script, formal tone, luxury feel, decorative caps, calligraphic mimicry, swashy, flourished, looped, graceful, ornate.
A slanted, calligraphic script with sharply modulated stroke weight and crisp hairline-to-stem transitions. Letterforms are built from sweeping entry and exit strokes, with frequent looped terminals and delicate teardrop-like finishes. Uppercase characters show generous, signature-style swashes and asymmetric flourishes, while lowercase forms stay compact with a relatively low midline and tightly controlled counters. Overall spacing and widths vary by glyph, creating a lively rhythm that alternates between broad capitals and narrower connecting shapes without actually joining letters.
Well suited to wedding suites, event invitations, certificates, luxury packaging, and boutique branding where a formal script presence is desired. It also works effectively for short headlines, monograms, and display phrases that can take advantage of the large swashes and contrast.
The font conveys a polished, ceremonial tone with a distinctly romantic and traditional feel. Its dramatic contrast and flowing swashes suggest formality and craftsmanship, reading as expressive and upscale rather than casual or utilitarian.
The type appears designed to emulate formal pen calligraphy in a display-friendly way, prioritizing expressive capital forms, dramatic stroke modulation, and ornamental terminals for high-impact titles and ceremonial typography.
The design relies on fine hairlines and extended curves, so the most distinctive details appear at larger sizes where terminals and loops can breathe. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with angled stress and occasional curled finishes that match the capitals’ ornamentation.