Calligraphic Obru 2 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, headlines, packaging, elegant, refined, romantic, formal, airy, formal script, luxury feel, calligraphic flair, signature look, ornamental caps, swashy, delicate, hairline, calligraphic, flowing.
A delicate, slanted calligraphic script with hairline strokes and crisp thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping curves and tapered terminals, with an unconnected rhythm that reads like formal pen lettering rather than a continuous cursive. Capitals are notably expressive, featuring extended entry and exit strokes and occasional loops, while lowercase forms remain compact with narrow counters and a restrained footprint. Spacing appears generous for the style, helping the fine strokes and flourishes stay distinct in longer lines of text.
Best suited to display typography where its hairline contrast and swashes can be appreciated—wedding and event stationery, upscale packaging, beauty and fragrance branding, and short editorial headlines or pull quotes. It can work in short phrases or nameplates, especially when given ample tracking and line spacing.
The overall tone is graceful and ceremonial, evoking invitations, personal correspondence, and classic luxury branding. Its light touch and flowing movement feel romantic and sophisticated, with a calm, poised presence rather than energetic informality.
The font appears designed to emulate formal calligraphy with pronounced contrast and controlled, sculpted swashes, prioritizing elegance and flourish over utilitarian readability. Its structure suggests an emphasis on graceful capitals and a refined, lightly articulated texture in mixed-case settings.
Numerals share the same slender, calligraphic construction and look best when treated as display elements rather than utilitarian figures. The design’s fine joins and long ascenders/descenders create a lyrical baseline rhythm, but also make it sensitive to size and reproduction conditions.