Editorial Serif Anchor
Swallowtail + Bulgary
Anchors Swallowtail's fluid strokes with crisp Roman proportions on wedding suites, headers and packaging.
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Narrow bouncing extended script
Swallowtail
Swallowtail is a narrow bouncing handwritten script in black on a watercolour blush: tall compressed letters that bob between two long horizontal swashes, one running in from the left and one out to the right.
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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 accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Swallowtail.
The word runs the full width of the sheet, and the construction is what sells it: the entry stroke arrives as a long flat wave from the left margin, climbs into a tall narrow s, and the letters that follow keep that compressed width while their baseline rises and falls by several millimetres. The t and the l are almost stick-like, the a and the w are small and tight, and the last l lifts into an exit swash that mirrors the entry so the word reads as a horizon line rather than a block of type. Above and below, a small script line sets the introduction and the style name in the same face at a fraction of the size, which shows how it behaves as a caption. The ground is soft watercolour so the lettering has something to sit on. Swallowtail is a signature script for logos, invitations and labels, and it needs a wide measure to let the swashes travel.
A narrow script with long horizon strokes
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Swallowtail with grounded secondary typography.
Clean Subline & Body Sans
Swallowtail + Modern Heritage
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 Swallowtail’s stroke geometry.
Names line across an invitation
The long entry and exit strokes let two names fill a wide card without a rule, and the narrow letters keep a long surname from wrapping.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 130 by 180 mm invitation: set the names at 26 pt on one line, keep 20 mm of clear ground beneath before the venue at 9 pt, and hold 20 mm of margin on both sides so the swashes are not trimmed.
Pre-production check
The entry swash starts thin and can drop out on textured card; print one invitation on the intended stock and check both ends before the suite.
Logo line for a small studio
A single word with two horizon strokes reads as a finished logo rather than a typed name, and the bounce keeps a plain word from looking flat.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an 85 by 55 mm card: set the studio name at 17 pt on one line, keep 6 mm of clear ground beneath before the contact block at 6.5 pt, and hold 6 mm of margin so the swash clears the trim.
Pre-production check
At seventeen points the hairline swash may print lighter than the word; proof one card and check the weight match before the order.
Place-card line for a long table
A narrow script fits an awkward long name on a small card, and the bounce keeps a row of place cards from looking like a list.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 90 by 40 mm place card: set the name at 16 pt on one line, keep 6 mm of clear ground beneath before the table number at 6 pt, and hold 5 mm of margin on all sides.
Pre-production check
Long names will use the exit swash as space; print one card with the longest name on the list before the whole set.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Script · Narrow bouncing extended script
- Foundry / creator
- Mozatype
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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