Script Ulba 1 is a light, very narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, greeting cards, elegant, romantic, whimsical, vintage, refined, calligraphic elegance, decorative display, handmade charm, formal flourish, looping, flourished, monoline hairlines, brushy, swashy.
A flowing calligraphic script with pronounced slant and strong stroke modulation that alternates between delicate hairlines and fuller, brush-like downstrokes. Letterforms are tall and narrow, with long ascenders/descenders and frequent loops, especially in capitals and letters such as g, y, and z. Curves are soft and rhythmic, with tapered terminals and occasional swash-like entry and exit strokes that give the line a lively, hand-drawn cadence. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, contributing to an organic texture in words and sentences.
This font works best for short to medium display text where its swashes and contrast can be appreciated—wedding and event invitations, boutique branding, beauty or lifestyle packaging, editorial headlines, and greeting cards. It is less suited to dense body copy, where the delicate hairlines and expressive spacing may reduce readability.
The overall tone feels graceful and expressive, balancing polish with a lightly playful, handwritten charm. Its looping forms and high-contrast strokes suggest a romantic, slightly old-world sensibility suited to decorative, personal, or celebratory typography.
The design appears intended to emulate elegant pen-and-ink or brush calligraphy in a consistent, typeable form, prioritizing expressive capitals, looping forms, and dramatic contrast for decorative impact in display settings.
Capitals show the most personality, featuring enlarged loops and asymmetric flourishes that can create a dramatic rhythm in title case. Numerals are similarly slender and stylized, echoing the same tapered stroke endings and calligraphic contrast, making them best used at display sizes where details remain clear.