Script Ellak 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, vintage, graceful, refined, formal script, handwritten elegance, decorative caps, invitation style, signature look, looping, flowing, slanted, calligraphic, ornate.
A flowing, slanted script with looped entry and exit strokes and a pronounced rightward rhythm. Strokes show a pen-like, calligraphic modulation, with thicker downstrokes and finer hairlines that stay smooth and consistent across the alphabet. Letterforms are tall and compact, with narrow proportions, long ascenders/descenders, and frequent cursive joins that create a continuous, handwritten texture in words. Capitals are notably decorative, featuring generous swashes and open counters, while lowercase maintains a lighter, more linear movement with occasional flourish in terminals and descenders.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where its joins and swashes can be appreciated: invitations, wedding materials, boutique branding, product packaging, and elegant headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or signatures, especially when paired with a restrained serif or sans for supporting text.
The overall tone feels formal and affectionate, evoking classic handwriting and invitation-style lettering. Its lively slant and looping forms give it a personable, romantic character while still reading as polished and intentional rather than casual.
Likely designed to emulate refined penmanship with a consistent calligraphic cadence, balancing legible cursive connections with showy, flourish-forward capitals. The intent reads as a decorative script for polished, occasion-driven typography rather than everyday note-taking.
Numerals follow the same pen-script logic with slanted forms and simplified curves, blending well with the letterforms. In longer lines of text the compact width and strong slant create a brisk horizontal flow, while the ornate capitals can become focal points when used sparingly.