Script Asnaf 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, refined, whimsical, vintage, formal elegance, hand-lettered feel, decorative capitals, graceful rhythm, calligraphic, looping, flourished, swashy, delicate.
A calligraphic script with slanted, high-contrast strokes and a lively baseline rhythm. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with long, tapered entry and exit strokes that create a flowing cursive feel in text. Ascenders and descenders are prominent and often looped, while counters stay relatively open for a script, helping maintain clarity. Capitals feature pronounced swashes and curling terminals, giving the alphabet a decorative, formal presence.
Well-suited to wedding suites, event stationery, and upscale invitations where elegant script is expected. It also works for beauty, fashion, or artisanal food branding, as well as packaging and editorial headlines that need a soft, handcrafted sophistication. For longer passages, generous size and spacing help preserve the fine stroke details and flowing joins.
The overall tone feels graceful and personable—like careful pen lettering used for invitations or boutique branding. Its looping forms and thin hairlines add a romantic, slightly vintage charm, while the steady rhythm keeps it from feeling overly chaotic.
The design appears intended to mimic refined penmanship: a graceful, formal cursive with decorative capitals and smooth connective strokes. Its emphasis on contrast, loops, and swashy terminals suggests a focus on expressive display typography that still maintains a consistent, readable rhythm in words.
In the sample text, the font reads best at display and short-text sizes where the contrast and flourishes can breathe. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic with curved strokes and tapered endings, visually harmonizing with the letters rather than appearing purely utilitarian.