Cursive Esbuf 1 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, logotypes, packaging, quotes, elegant, airy, intimate, refined, poetic, signature feel, graceful display, personal tone, decorative caps, monoline, spidery, looping, swashy, delicate.
A delicate, pen-like cursive with a consistent hairline stroke and gentle, sweeping curves. Letterforms are strongly right-slanted with long, tapered entry and exit strokes, and frequent looped constructions in both capitals and lowercase. Proportions favor tall ascenders and deep descenders, while the lowercase bodies stay relatively small, creating a high, airy rhythm. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, and many shapes extend beyond their core bodies with graceful swashes that emphasize motion and continuity.
This style works best for short to medium-length settings where its swashes and slender strokes can breathe—wedding and event stationery, boutique branding, product labels, social graphics, and pull quotes. It is especially effective in larger sizes and with generous tracking to preserve clarity and keep the hairline forms from visually filling in.
The overall tone is graceful and personal, like a quick but practiced signature. Its light touch and flowing joins feel romantic and understated, suited to moments where subtle sophistication is more important than loud impact.
The design appears intended to capture an elegant cursive handwriting voice with signature-like movement, emphasizing flowing connections, elongated terminals, and expressive capitals for decorative wordmarks and display typography.
Capitals tend to be large and gestural, functioning as decorative anchors at the start of words, while the lowercase maintains a fine, threadlike texture. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with open, rounded forms and slight irregularities that reinforce an organic, hand-drawn feel.