Cursive Emrak 11 is a very light, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, logotype, headlines, elegant, airy, romantic, delicate, classic, penmanship, sophistication, personal touch, flourish, display, calligraphic, looping, flourished, swashy, refined.
A delicate cursive script with a sharp, calligraphic contrast between hairline entry strokes and darker, pressure-like downstrokes. Letterforms are strongly right-slanted with long, tapering terminals and frequent loops, producing a lively, continuous rhythm in text. Capitals are especially ornate and often extend with sweeping ascenders and descenders, while the lowercase stays compact with small counters and a restrained body size. Curves are smooth and elastic, and many joins are implied by thin connecting strokes rather than heavy links, keeping the overall color light and open.
Well-suited to wedding stationery, invitations, greeting cards, and upscale packaging where elegance and personality are desired. It also works as a signature-style accent for logos, product marks, pull quotes, and short display lines, especially when paired with a restrained serif or sans for supporting text.
The tone is graceful and intimate, balancing formality with a hand-written spontaneity. Its looping capitals and fine hairlines give it a romantic, ceremonial feel, while the quick, angled motion reads like an expressive personal signature.
The design appears intended to emulate fine penmanship with dramatic stroke modulation and expressive swashes, prioritizing charm and gesture over utilitarian readability. It’s built to create a sophisticated first impression through ornate capitals and a flowing handwritten cadence.
Numerals and uppercase forms carry the most flourish, creating prominent word-shapes and strong initial-letter emphasis. At smaller sizes the hairlines and tight internal spaces can become visually fragile, so it benefits from generous size and spacing and from use in short phrases rather than dense copy.