Cursive Ufkay 7 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, headlines, branding, packaging, greeting cards, elegant, expressive, romantic, classic, refined, signature feel, formal charm, handwritten warmth, display flair, calligraphic, looping, slanted, tapered, fluid.
A slanted, calligraphic script with crisp entry/exit strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are narrow and quick, with tapered terminals and frequent looped constructions in capitals and ascenders, creating a lively, handwritten rhythm. Strokes often swell through the main downstrokes and sharpen into hairline connectors, giving the set a brisk, pen-written feel with compact counters and a relatively small lowercase body compared to the tall ascenders and capitals.
Best used for short to medium text where its strong contrast and flourished capitals can be appreciated—such as invitations, quotes, headings, logos, and boutique branding. It can also work for packaging and editorial pull-quotes when set with generous spacing and ample size to preserve the hairlines and sharp joins.
The overall tone is graceful and slightly dramatic, balancing formality with personal, handwritten energy. Its sweeping capitals and sharp, flicked terminals read as stylish and romantic, suited to messages that want to feel bespoke rather than mechanical.
The design appears intended to mimic confident, pen-and-ink handwriting with a refined, calligraphic accent. It prioritizes elegance and motion through tall proportions, sweeping capitals, and tapered terminals, aiming for a personal signature-like presence in display settings.
Capitals show prominent flourished gestures (notably in letters like Q and S) that can become dominant in text, while the lowercase maintains a more economical, forward-moving cadence. Numerals are similarly slanted and stylized, matching the calligraphic logic of the letters rather than a purely utilitarian figure set.