Script Irmes 7 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, vintage, whimsical, friendly, romantic, handwritten elegance, decorative capitals, stationery feel, display scripting, looped, flourished, swashy, calligraphic, bouncy.
This script has a right-leaning, pen-drawn rhythm with smooth, continuous strokes and modest contrast between thick and thin. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with a small x-height and prominent ascenders and descenders that create a lively skyline. Terminals frequently finish in soft hooks and teardrop-like ends, and many capitals feature restrained swashes and looped entry strokes. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, handwritten cadence while remaining fairly consistent in stroke texture.
Best suited to short-to-medium display copy such as wedding and event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, labels, and packaging. It also works well for headlines, pull quotes, and name-centric treatments where decorative capitals and looping rhythm can be featured at comfortable sizes.
The overall tone feels classic and personable—refined enough for invitations, yet playful through its looping forms and buoyant baseline movement. It carries a slightly old-fashioned charm, like careful handwriting on stationery, and reads as warm and celebratory rather than formal or severe.
The design appears intended to emulate neat, formal handwriting with a calligraphic sensibility—balancing legibility with decorative loops and softly finished terminals. Its narrow stance and tall extenders suggest a goal of elegant verticality while keeping an approachable, hand-made feel.
Capitals are notably more decorative than lowercase, providing clear hierarchy for titles and initials. In running text the joins and overlaps can appear dense at smaller sizes due to the narrow proportions and tight internal counters, while larger settings show the flourish and motion more clearly.