Cursive Ekmes 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, romantic, airy, graceful, vintage, handwritten elegance, calligraphic feel, display emphasis, refined tone, swashy, calligraphic, looping, slanted, delicate.
A flowing script with a pronounced rightward slant and high-contrast, calligraphic strokes. Letterforms are narrow and tall, with long ascenders and descenders that create a lively vertical rhythm. Strokes taper into fine entry and exit points, while heavier downstrokes add crisp emphasis; terminals often finish in soft hooks or modest swashes. The lowercase appears compact in height relative to the extenders, and overall spacing feels light, giving lines a smooth, continuous movement even when letters are not fully connected.
Well-suited for wedding and event invitations, beauty and lifestyle branding, boutique packaging, and short display lines where elegance and motion are desired. It works best in headings, signatures, and pull quotes, and is less ideal for dense text blocks or very small UI copy due to its fine hairlines and ornamental forms.
The font conveys a refined, romantic tone—more dressy than casual—evoking handwritten invitations and classic penmanship. Its slender, sweeping forms feel gentle and expressive, with a polished, boutique character rather than a rough or playful one.
Designed to emulate a neat, calligraphy-inspired hand with a fashionable, elongated silhouette. The emphasis on contrast, tapered strokes, and occasional swashes suggests a focus on sophisticated display typography and expressive, personality-forward settings.
Capitals show decorative looped construction and varied flourish lengths, making them visually prominent for initials. Numerals follow the same slanted, tapered logic and read as stylish rather than strictly utilitarian, especially at smaller sizes where fine hairlines may soften.