Cursive Efbuk 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, logotypes, headlines, packaging, elegant, romantic, vintage, refined, airy, signature look, formal script, expressive caps, fluent handwriting, swashy, looped, calligraphic, slanted, delicate.
A slender, slanted script with smooth, continuous strokes and pronounced entry/exit swashes. Letterforms are built from narrow ovals and long diagonals, with looped ascenders and descenders that create a lively vertical rhythm. Strokes show a gentle calligraphic modulation, with tapered terminals and occasional heavier downstrokes, keeping the texture light and flowing. Capitals are especially expressive, using generous curves and extended hairline flourishes, while lowercase remains compact and tightly knit.
This font suits short to medium-length display settings where its swashy movement can be appreciated—wedding and event invitations, beauty and lifestyle branding, boutique packaging, and signature-style logotypes. It can also work for pull quotes or headers when set with generous tracking and line spacing to avoid crowding.
The overall tone feels graceful and romantic, leaning toward a classic handwritten signature look. Its flowing joins and swashy capitals give it a poised, slightly formal character without becoming rigid or overly ornate.
The design appears intended to emulate fluent penmanship with a polished, calligraphic finish, emphasizing expressive capitals and a continuous writing rhythm for distinctive, elegant display typography.
Spacing and joins create a continuous, cursive line that reads best when given room to breathe. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple forms and subtle tapering that match the letter rhythm.