Script Ellig 11 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, headlines, packaging, greeting cards, certificates, elegant, romantic, vintage, dramatic, formal, calligraphy mimic, ornamental display, formal tone, expressive caps, calligraphic, flourished, swashy, looped, slanted.
This typeface is a calligraphic script with a pronounced rightward slant and strongly modulated strokes that alternate between fine hairlines and fuller downstrokes. Letterforms feature generous entry and exit strokes, teardrop terminals, and occasional swashes that extend above and below the line, creating a lively, waving rhythm. Capitals are especially expressive, with curled bowls and long, tapering strokes, while lowercase forms are compact with small counters and frequent looped ascenders and descenders. Overall spacing is tight and the texture is ink-like, with clear pen pressure changes and a consistent cursive flow.
Best suited to display settings where its swashes and contrast can be appreciated: wedding and event invitations, brand marks and packaging for boutique goods, short headlines, and decorative pull quotes. It works most convincingly at larger sizes or with generous line spacing to keep flourishes from colliding.
The overall tone feels refined and expressive, mixing formal invitation-style polish with a slightly old-world, storybook charm. Its flourishes and high contrast give it a dramatic, romantic presence that reads as special-occasion rather than everyday utility.
The design appears intended to emulate pointed-pen calligraphy in a digitized, consistent form, prioritizing expressive capitals, elegant stroke modulation, and a flowing cursive rhythm for celebratory and ornamental typography.
Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with slender forms and occasional curved terminals; some figures lean toward simplified, handwritten shapes rather than rigid lining forms. The sample text shows a continuous, energetic line with prominent joins and occasional ornate capitals that can dominate a line when set large.