Script Dokev 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, packaging, logos, headlines, elegant, vintage, charming, romantic, refined, formal script, decorative caps, classic elegance, branding focus, swashy, looping, calligraphic, slanted, monoline-like.
A formal, right-slanted script with smooth, continuous curves and pronounced looped entries and exits. Strokes show clear thick–thin modulation, with rounded terminals and occasional teardrop-like joins that keep the rhythm soft rather than sharp. Uppercase forms are notably swashy and taller, using generous ascenders and curling flourishes, while the lowercase is more compact with a relatively modest x-height and lively, bouncing baseline feel. Spacing is tight and the letterforms are narrow, producing an efficient, vertical texture that still reads fluid in words.
Best suited for display typography where its loops and contrast can be appreciated—wedding or event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging labels, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short headlines or pull quotes, but the narrow, ornate forms are most comfortable at moderate-to-large sizes rather than dense body copy.
The overall tone is polished and personable, balancing classic calligraphic grace with an approachable handwritten warmth. Its curling capitals and high-contrast strokes evoke a nostalgic, invitation-like refinement rather than a casual note-taking style.
The design appears intended to deliver an elegant, calligraphy-inspired script with decorative capitals and a smooth connected flow, aiming for a classic, premium feel in branding and celebratory materials.
Capitals tend to carry the personality through larger loops and distinctive entry strokes, creating strong word-shape at display sizes. Numerals follow the same cursive logic with curved forms and decorative hooks, keeping the set stylistically consistent for headings and short numeric callouts.