Cursive Esdif 7 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, wedding, social media, quotes, elegant, romantic, airy, personal, expressive, signature, elegance, handwritten, display, monolinear, looped, flourished, slanted, calligraphic.
A delicate, slanted handwritten script with a pen-drawn rhythm and lightly modulated strokes. Letterforms are tall and compact with long ascenders and descenders, frequent loops, and occasional extended entry/exit strokes that create a flowing cursive texture. Spacing and widths vary organically, giving words a natural handwritten cadence; capitals are especially prominent with sweeping curves and occasional underlining-like swashes.
Well-suited to boutique branding, beauty and lifestyle packaging, wedding stationery, invitations, and expressive pull quotes. It works best for short to medium-length phrases, headlines, and signature-style marks where the tall, looping cursive can be showcased.
The overall tone feels intimate and graceful, like a refined note written quickly with a fine pen. Its looping forms and high verticality add a romantic, fashion-forward flair while still reading as casual handwriting rather than formal engraving.
The design appears intended to capture the spontaneity of handwritten cursive while staying elegant and legible, emphasizing tall proportions, graceful loops, and a smooth, continuous writing motion for display-oriented typography.
The numerals and capitals lean into flourish, with several characters showing exaggerated curves and open counters that keep the texture light on the page. At text sizes, the script reads best when given breathing room, as the extended strokes can visually intermingle in tighter settings.