Calligraphic Lanu 3 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, book titles, branding, packaging, certificates, elegant, ornate, vintage, storybook, formal, express elegance, add ornament, evoke heritage, create standout caps, swashy, decorative, flourished, tapered, calligraphic.
A decorative calligraphic serif design with slender strokes and gently tapered terminals, combining crisp verticals with curling entry/exit flourishes. Uppercase forms feature pronounced swashes and looped details (notably on rounded letters), while lowercase maintains a more restrained book-hand feel with small, sharp serifs and occasional hooked terminals. Curves are smooth and slightly stylized, counters are relatively open for the width, and the overall rhythm alternates between tight stems and expressive, extending strokes for a lively texture in lines of text. Numerals follow the same elegant, lightly embellished construction with simple, readable silhouettes and occasional curl accents.
It suits display-oriented typography such as invitations, announcements, titles, chapter openers, boutique branding, and heritage-leaning packaging. It can also work for short passages—pull quotes, taglines, or headings—where its decorative capitals can be showcased without crowding.
The font conveys a refined, old-world character with a theatrical, storybook charm. Its swashy capitals and delicate finishing strokes suggest ceremony and craft, leaning toward romantic and literary associations rather than utilitarian neutrality.
The design appears intended to blend formal calligraphic tradition with ornamental, swash-led personality, offering a distinctive voice for elegant display settings while keeping the lowercase relatively composed for readable word shapes.
The most expressive gestures are concentrated in capitals and select letters with looped bowls, which can create strong visual anchors at word starts. In continuous text, the narrow build and fine details produce an airy color that favors moderate sizing and careful spacing, especially where flourishes approach neighboring letters.