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Graduation + Evoire
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PUA-encoded bouncy modern brush calligraphy script (Ligatures)
Graduation
Graduation (by 21Design) is a crisp, bouncy modern brush calligraphy script (NOT a slab serif!) with PUA access and smooth custom ligatures.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Weld or Unite overlapping script joins into one continuous vector path before sending to the blade.
Plotter & output verdictWeld Joins Before Cutting
Recommended minimum scale1.10 in+ x-height on vinyl
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessPUA Encoded · Ligatures
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Graduation.
Graduation is a bouncy modern brush script with genuine thick-and-thin shading, tall d and t loops, PUA access for alternates and custom ligatures that smooth difficult letter pairs. The connections are drawn rather than simulated, so a phrase keeps its rhythm at 20 mm and above, and the bouncy baseline gives a short greeting movement without tipping into illegibility. It is a keepsake face for cards, toppers and apparel, and it wants a single colour on a soft ground so the shading reads clearly.
PUA-brush-script · Crisp-bouncy · Botanical-modern
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Graduation with grounded secondary typography.
Clean Subline & Body Sans
Graduation + Corven
Keeps small-scale dates, URLs, nutrition facts and care instructions crisp and legible below script titles.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Graduation’s stroke geometry.
Shower invitation, vow-book cover and place card
Bouncy brush shading reads as a hand-lettered keepsake rather than engraved formality, which suits a relaxed celebration. Ligatures keep long names from tightening at the joins.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Invitation 120 x 180 mm, names 26 mm, details 9/13 pt, 15 mm margins. Vow book 110 x 160 mm, cover 22 mm. Place card 90 x 50 mm, name 9 mm, table 4 mm.
Pre-production check
A 9 mm place card loses hairline exits and the name reads as broken. Keep the display script for the invitation and vow book, and set place cards in a companion serif at 9 pt or above.
Love-note card, gift tag and tumbler wrap
Brush script with real shading reads as something written, which is what a love note is competing on. The bouncy baseline keeps a short line from looking stiff on a small card.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Card 105 x 148 mm, greeting 18 mm, message 7/10 pt, 12 mm margins. Tag 45 x 80 mm, word 9 mm, hole 5 mm clear. Tumbler wrap 200 x 90 mm, word 16 mm, 8 mm from the rim.
Pre-production check
A curved tumbler stretches a bouncy baseline into a wave, and hairline exits break. Keep the wrap to two words on the flattest part, and proof one tumbler before the pair is made.
Thank-you card, teacher gift tag and keepsake print
Shaded script reads as a personal sign-off, which is what a thank-you needs after a group gift. The ligatures let a long name close neatly on a tag.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Card 105 x 148 mm, greeting 16 mm, message 7/10 pt, 12 mm margins. Tag 50 x 90 mm, name 9 mm, hole 5 mm clear. Print 210 x 297 mm, greeting 45 mm, 30 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Group gifts are usually printed the night before, and a home printer bleeds shading into a solid at 16 mm. Print one test on the intended paper and check the thick-to-thin transition before the run.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Script · PUA-encoded bouncy modern brush calligraphy script (Ligatures)
- Foundry / creator
- 21Design
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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