Waverley Italic Font

Waverley Italic, designed by Keith Bates of K-Type, is a free calligraphic italic font with a brisk handwritten manner. Its steep lean, changing stroke widths and long tapering curves give the letters a fluid, carefully drawn shape.

Fashion and lifestyle brands could use it for wordmarks, packaging and campaign graphics with an elegant personal voice. It also suits editorial layouts and invitations, where the sweeping forms can echo fabric folds or pen flourishes in accompanying artwork. Beauty, boutique hospitality and romantic event work are especially convincing settings for its mix of contemporary polish and direct handwriting.