Cursive Hovo 11 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, delicate, airy, refined, romantic, formal script, signature feel, calligraphic elegance, decorative display, hairline, swashy, looped, calligraphic, graceful.
A hairline cursive with a pronounced rightward slant and high-contrast, pen-like modulation. Letterforms are built from long, continuous curves with occasional looped bowls and generous entrance/exit strokes, creating a fluid rhythm across words. Capitals are tall and ornamental with sweeping ascenders and understated cross-strokes, while lowercase forms stay compact with a notably low x-height and slender joins. Spacing is open enough to preserve the thin strokes, and overall width stays tight, yielding a light, poised texture in lines of text.
Well-suited to wedding stationery, invitations, and announcements where an elegant script is desired. It also works for boutique branding, beauty and fragrance packaging, and short display lines such as headlines, quotes, and signature-style logotypes—especially when set with ample whitespace.
The font conveys a polished, formal grace—more like fine-pen handwriting than casual note-taking. Its thin strokes and extended swashes feel romantic and ceremonial, suggesting sophistication and a quiet sense of luxury.
The letterforms appear designed to emulate refined calligraphy with a light pen touch: tall, swashy capitals paired with a restrained lowercase to maintain flow and elegance in words. The overall intention favors decorative sophistication and graceful motion over utilitarian text density.
The design relies on continuous strokes and subtle connections, so it reads best when there is enough size and contrast to keep the hairlines from disappearing. Numerals match the script tone with similarly slender, lightly looped forms and a consistent forward motion.