Calligraphic Vorur 12 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, reverse italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, posters, invitations, book covers, branding, whimsical, storybook, playful, vintage, quirky, handcrafted feel, decorative display, expressive lettering, vintage charm, brushy, looping, swashy, rounded, expressive.
A brush-pen calligraphic hand with rounded forms, tapered terminals, and frequent looped entrances and exits. Strokes show a lively, slightly bouncy baseline and an overall right-leaning, backward-slanted posture, with generous curves and occasional swash-like caps. Proportions are compact in the lowercase with small counters, while ascenders and descenders add motion and variety. Spacing and widths are irregular in a natural handwritten way, creating a textured rhythm rather than a rigid line.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture and personality are an asset: packaging labels, café or boutique branding, event invitations, posters, and book or chapter titles. It can also work for pull quotes and headers when you want an expressive handwritten voice, but the lively forms and compact lowercase favor larger sizes over long body copy.
The face feels informal yet decorative, blending a friendly handwritten warmth with a hint of old-fashioned flourish. Its looping forms and buoyant rhythm give it a playful, slightly theatrical tone—well suited to whimsical or character-driven messaging.
Designed to capture the look of confident brush lettering—decorative without connecting strokes—while preserving the spontaneity and uneven rhythm of handwriting. The aim appears to be a distinctive, characterful script for display use, emphasizing flourish, motion, and a handcrafted feel.
Capital letters tend to be more ornate and idiosyncratic than the lowercase, acting as visual anchors at the start of words. Numerals follow the same brushy, handwritten logic, with curved silhouettes and soft, calligraphic endings that keep them consistent with the letterforms.