Script Duka 11 is a regular weight, narrow, very high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, classic, refined, whimsical, calligraphic elegance, decorative display, handcrafted feel, formal flourish, swashy, calligraphic, looping, ornamental, delicate.
A formal script with pronounced thick–thin modulation and a consistent rightward slant. Letterforms feature tapered entry strokes, rounded bowls, and frequent looped terminals, with occasional swashes that extend above cap height or below the baseline. The capitals are especially decorative, built from broad downstrokes paired with fine hairline connectors and open counters, creating a lively, hand-drawn rhythm. Lowercase forms are compact with tight joins and narrow internal spacing, while numerals echo the same calligraphic contrast and curved finishing strokes.
This font suits short, prominent text such as wedding suites, event materials, product packaging, boutique logos, and editorial headlines where elegance and personality are desired. It can work for pull quotes or subheads in spacious layouts, especially when paired with a restrained serif or sans for body copy.
The overall tone is polished and celebratory, mixing classic calligraphy cues with a playful sparkle from its loops and flourishes. It reads as warm and personable rather than rigidly formal, suggesting invitations, boutique branding, and expressive display settings.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional pointed-pen calligraphy in a stylized, display-friendly form, emphasizing decorative capitals, graceful loops, and dramatic stroke contrast to create a premium, handcrafted impression.
Contrast is strong enough that hairlines become a key part of the texture, so the face looks best when given room to breathe and printed or rendered at sizes where fine strokes won’t disappear. The ornate capitals and varying stroke endings create a dynamic word shape, but can also introduce visual busyness in dense text or tight tracking.