An excerpt from a letter written by the great-great-grandfather of calligrapher and printer Kathryn Podorsky inspired the creation of the typeface Vena Amoris. The letter responding to a request to marry his daughter was not only beautiful contextually, but exquisitely penned and epitomized the delightful charm of the New Orleans people of that era.

Vena Amoris, or “Vein of Love” refers to a phrase coined by Henry Swinburne in his “A Treatise of Espousal” published in 1686. Vena Amoris also refers to the fourth finger on the left hand which was traditionally believed to contain a vein running directly to the heart, hence “the ring finger.”

As a digital font, Vena Amoris boasts an extensive Latin-based character set that supports 310 languages. Also included are stylistic and contextual alternates, ligatures, swash variants, oldstyle figures, and roman numerals and calligraphic words that will undoubtedly bring a dynamic quality to any setting.

All of those extras are driven by cleverly applied OpenType features allowing you to add harmony and calligraphic beauty to your layout.