Editorial Serif Anchor
Valentine Waves + Kernova
Anchors Valentine Waves's fluid strokes with crisp Roman proportions on wedding suites, headers and packaging.
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Thin quirky handwriting caps
Valentine Waves
Valentine Waves is a thin handwriting face in dark grey on white: tall caps and lowercase with uneven heights, an open A and V, a long-tailed W and a slight lean, set in two lines above a hand-drawn ribbon carrying the file formats.
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Get this fontProject & layout blueprintsAt-a-glance maker compatibility
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 & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Valentine Waves.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is everyday handwriting at a thin weight: the strokes are even, the letters vary in width, and the baseline drifts, which keeps the phrase friendly without becoming decorative. The caps are tall and narrow, and a few letters carry a small tail or hook, which is what gives the face its voice. Because the stroke is thin, the face needs a clean ground and a decent size, and the specimen keeps the page white and the lettering large. The only other element is a hand-drawn ribbon with tracked caps inside it, which shows how a plain grotesque caption can sit under a handwriting face without competing for attention.
Handwritten, thin, quirky, casual
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Valentine Waves with grounded secondary typography.
Clean Subline & Body Sans
Valentine Waves + Inkora
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 Valentine Waves’s stroke geometry.
Card for a small February run
A thin handwriting face reads as a personal note, and the narrow caps fit a longer greeting on one line where a wide script would wrap.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the greeting at 26 pt, the details in a 9 pt sans, and a small heart. Keep 12 mm margins and print one ink on a pale card so the thin strokes read as pen rather than print.
Pre-production check
Check the 26 pt greeting on a home printer, where a thin stroke can break; keep it above 0.5 mm. Confirm the 9 pt details keep a 4.5:1 contrast and that the heart clears the trim.
Gift tag for a handmade parcel
A handwriting face gives a parcel tag a hand-written feel, and the thin stroke stays readable on a small tag where a heavy face would smudge.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 50 by 90 mm tag with a 4 mm hole: the message at 14 pt, the maker in a 7 pt sans, and 8 mm clear of the hole. Print one ink on a heavy card so the tag survives handling.
Pre-production check
Check the 14 pt message, where a thin stroke can fade at the edge; keep 6 mm clear of the trim. Confirm the 7 pt maker reads at arm's length and that the hole does not cut the tail of a letter.
Label for a child's items
A handwriting face is easy for a child to recognise, and the narrow letters fit a long name on a small label where a wide face would need two lines.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A4 label sheet: each name at 18 pt, the class in a 7 pt sans, and 6 mm between labels. Keep 8 mm margins and print one ink on a matte label so the strokes stay clean after lamination.
Pre-production check
Check the 18 pt names, where the drift can make two labels look uneven; align the baselines. Confirm the labels survive a term of handling and that the print does not lift when wiped.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Handwritten · Thin quirky handwriting caps
- Foundry / creator
- Pretty Glyphs
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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