Calligraphic Sumur 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding invites, greeting cards, branding, headlines, certificates, elegant, romantic, classic, formal, ornate, formal script, calligraphic flair, display elegance, swashy, flourished, looping, slanted, scriptlike.
A slanted, calligraphic hand with pronounced thick–thin modulation and tapered terminals. Strokes show a pen-driven rhythm with sweeping entry and exit swashes, especially in capitals, and frequent loops and teardrop-like joins. Letterforms are narrow and flowing with a light baseline bounce; lowercase counters are compact and the x-height sits noticeably low, giving ascenders and descenders more visual prominence. Numerals and capitals carry the most ornament, with generous curves and occasional inward curls that create a decorative texture in lines of text.
Best suited for display applications such as wedding and event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, certificates, and short headlines. It can work for brief phrases or names in editorial layouts, but the flourished capitals and tight lowercase proportions are less suited to long body text or very small sizes.
The overall tone feels refined and ceremonial, suggesting invitation-style elegance rather than casual handwriting. Its flourishes add a romantic, slightly theatrical character that reads as traditional and polished.
The design appears intended to emulate formal pen calligraphy with expressive, unconnected letterforms and decorative capital swashes. Its proportions prioritize elegance and movement, creating a distinctive signature-like presence for display typography.
Capitals are highly individualized and decorative, which can create strong word-shape personality but also increases visual complexity in dense settings. The contrast and fine hairlines make the face feel most at home at moderate-to-large sizes where stroke detail and swashes have room to breathe.