Script Mylon 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, weddings, greeting cards, branding, headlines, elegant, vintage, romantic, formal, graceful, formal script, calligraphic feel, classic elegance, decorative caps, stationery focus, calligraphic, swashy, looping, slanted, refined.
A formal script with a pronounced rightward slant and high-contrast, calligraphy-like strokes. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with tapered entry/exit strokes and occasional teardrop terminals that suggest a pointed-pen influence. Capitals feature generous loops and flourished joins, while the lowercase maintains a compact body with tall ascenders and deep descenders, creating an airy rhythm and a distinctly small x-height relative to the overall line. Spacing is tight and the stroke modulation is consistent, giving the alphabet a cohesive, flowing texture in words and lines of text.
Best suited to display settings where its contrast and swash-like capitals can be appreciated—wedding suites, event stationery, greeting cards, boutique branding, and short headlines. It works especially well for names, titles, and pull quotes; for longer passages, generous size and line spacing help preserve clarity.
The overall tone is polished and traditional, with a romantic, ceremonial feel. Its sweeping capitals and delicate contrast evoke classic invitations and vintage correspondence rather than casual handwriting.
The design appears intended to emulate refined, formal handwriting with a calligraphic pen angle—balancing decorative capitals with readable, flowing lowercase for elegant personal and celebratory typography.
The design relies on flowing connections and curved joins, with more decorative emphasis in the uppercase and a simpler, faster rhythm in the lowercase. Numerals follow the same slanted, calligraphic logic, reading more like written figures than rigid lining forms, which reinforces the handwritten character.