Calligraphic Sunif 10 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, certificates, packaging, headlines, quotations, elegant, vintage, formal, romantic, literary, formal script, decorative display, handwritten elegance, cursive, swashy, looped, flourished, slanted.
A slanted calligraphic script with unconnected, pen-drawn letterforms and a lively, slightly uneven rhythm. Strokes show clear pen modulation, with thicker downstrokes and finer hairlines, and frequent tapered terminals. Uppercase forms are ornate and often oversized, featuring loops and entry/exit swashes that create dramatic silhouettes, while lowercase remains compact with a notably small x-height and long, flowing ascenders and descenders. Overall spacing feels narrow and variable, with letter widths and stroke endings shifting subtly as in hand-rendered writing.
Best suited to short to medium-length settings where its swashy capitals and calligraphic modulation can be appreciated—such as invitations, announcements, certificates, book-style headings, pull quotes, and boutique packaging or labeling. It can also work for logo-like wordmarks when space allows for its expressive entry and exit strokes.
The font conveys a classic, cultivated tone—poised and decorative rather than casual. Its flourishes and strong slant suggest handwritten correspondence, old-world invitations, and formal labeling, with a hint of theatrical charm.
Designed to emulate formal handwriting with a broad-nib/pointed-pen feel, prioritizing expressive capitals, elegant stroke contrast, and a refined, vintage-forward texture over strict uniformity or high-density body readability.
The most distinctive character comes from the expressive capitals and the frequent terminal flicks, which can create strong word-shapes and occasional texture variation across a line. The petite lowercase and pronounced extenders give the text a vertical, airy rhythm that rewards generous line spacing and moderate sizes.