Cursive Efleb 14 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, romantic, vintage, personal, refined, handwritten elegance, formal script, display voice, personal tone, looping, calligraphic, slanted, fluid, smooth.
A flowing cursive script with a consistent rightward slant and smooth, pen-like stroke modulation. Letterforms are narrow and rhythmically spaced, with rounded bowls, tapered terminals, and frequent entry/exit strokes that encourage connection. Capitals are larger and more expressive, featuring occasional loops and swashes (notably in forms like Q and S), while lowercase shapes stay compact with a very low x-height and long, slender ascenders and descenders. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, leaning and tapering to match the text color.
This font is well suited to invitations, greeting cards, and wedding or event collateral where an elegant script voice is desired. It can also work for branding accents, beauty/lifestyle packaging, short headlines, and pull quotes where its narrow, looping forms can be given room to breathe.
The overall tone is graceful and personable, balancing a polished, calligraphic feel with the warmth of handwriting. It suggests a classic, slightly nostalgic elegance suited to intimate or celebratory messaging rather than utilitarian text.
The design appears intended to emulate neat, formal handwriting with calligraphic cues—prioritizing graceful movement, expressive capitals, and a cohesive pen-written texture for display-forward text.
The slant and tight proportions create a lively horizontal motion, and the baseline appears gently animated as in natural writing. Strokes remain clean and controlled, with rounded joins and soft finishing flicks that keep words feeling continuous even when letters are not fully connected.