Cursive Efkel 2 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, quotes, packaging, social posts, casual, friendly, personal, lively, romantic, handwritten feel, quick notes, warm branding, expressive headings, looping, fluid, bouncy, airy, slanted.
A fluid, pen-written script with a consistent rightward slant and lightly modulated strokes. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with occasional brisk entry and exit strokes, giving lines a quick, handwritten rhythm. Proportions are compact with relatively small lowercase bodies and longer ascenders/descenders that create a graceful vertical swing. Terminals tend to taper into fine points, and counters stay open enough to keep the texture light even as forms overlap and connect.
Well-suited to short display text where a personal touch is desired—greeting cards, invitations, quote graphics, and lifestyle branding. It can also work for small bursts of copy on packaging or social media, especially when paired with a straightforward sans or serif for longer text.
The overall tone feels informal and personable, like a fast but careful note written with a fine pen. Its looping capitals and buoyant lowercase forms add a gentle flourish that reads as warm and slightly romantic without becoming overly ornate.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of everyday cursive writing while maintaining enough consistency to function as a dependable display script. It balances expressive loops and swashy capitals with restrained stroke weight to keep the overall color light and legible.
Capitals show more expressive swashes and broader gesture than the lowercase, helping create a clear hierarchy in mixed-case text. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, flowing shapes and a consistent slant that keeps them visually integrated with the letters.