Author's note

Calami font by Yves Michel is a free calligraphy font digitized from an artisanal pen. It carries a refined elegant appearance and striking ornamental style visible through smooth strokes and delicate contrast. Calami is characterized by its flowing lines, lively energy, and soft arabesques which allow it to deliver a certain special visual charm.

Using the font for branding, logos, posters, product packaging, magazines design all provide the best possible outcomes. Moreover, it can easily become distinctive headlines or slip naturally inside handmade crafts with ease in book covers among other print projects.

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This font is inspired by an exercise in penmanship from "The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing," a book digitized by David Grimes at https://masgrimes.com/
Calami Regular — Font presentation

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2025 by Yves Michel. All rights reserved.
Font family
Calami
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Version 1.000;PYRS;Calami-Regular;2025;FL842
Full font name
Calami Regular
Name table version
Version 1.000
Postscript font name
Calami-Regular
Trademark notice
Calami is a trademark of Yves Michel.
Manufacturer name
Yves Michel
Designer
Yves Michel
Description
La police est inspirée d'un exercice contenu dans 'The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing", ouvrage lui-même digitalisé par David Grimes (https://masgrimes.com/)
Je l'ai scannée et digitalisée puis redressée à partir d'un italique négatif.
Il s'agit d'une police calligraphiée avec une plume à double pointe (fine à gauche, large à droite), du type "Scroll Nibs 10" de William Mitchell Ltd, "Twin Nib" de Kaweco ou "Twin Italic point" de Bock.
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This font is inspired by an exercise in penmanship from "The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing", book digitized by David Grimes (https://masgrimes.com/)
I scanned and digitized it and transformed it from Back Italic to Regular.
It' a calligraphic font made with a double-pointed pen (light on the left and broad on the right), like the "Scroll Nibs 10" from William Mitchell Ltd, "Twin Nib" from Kaweco ou "Twin Italic point" from Bock.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2025-06-16
Revision1
Glyph count508
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthSemi-expanded
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureItalic
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
Calami-Regular.ttf
Calami-Italic.ttf