Calligraphic Memy 2 is a light, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, invitations, posters, whimsical, storybook, vintage, ornamental, friendly, handcrafted charm, decorative display, vintage flavor, friendly tone, whimsy, curly terminals, rounded, bouncy, informal, monoline.
A decorative, hand-drawn calligraphic serif with mostly monoline strokes and softened, rounded corners. Letterforms are narrow with a gently bouncy baseline feel, and many strokes finish in small curls, hooks, or teardrop-like terminals that give the set a consistent ornamental rhythm. Capitals are more embellished than the lowercase, featuring looped entry strokes and curled bowls, while the lowercase keeps a simple, readable skeleton with occasional swashy turns (notably in letters like g, j, y). Numerals follow the same friendly, rounded construction with subtle quirks in curves and terminals.
This font is best suited to display applications where its curled terminals and hand-rendered texture can be appreciated—headlines, logo wordmarks, labels, packaging, posters, and event materials. It can also work for short blocks of expressive text (quotes, menus, greetings), but its ornamental caps may feel busy for long-form reading.
The overall tone is playful and old-fashioned, like signage from a quaint shop or a fairy-tale title card. Its curls and softened terminals feel personable and handcrafted, lending warmth and a slightly eccentric charm rather than strict formality.
The design appears intended to evoke a handcrafted, vintage-leaning calligraphic voice with approachable readability, combining a simple stroke model with decorative terminals to add personality and memorability in display settings.
Spacing appears comfortable for display use, and the distinctive terminals create a strong texture line-to-line, especially in mixed-case settings. The most decorative capitals can stand out strongly, so the font’s character is most pronounced in headlines, short phrases, and initial-cap treatments.