Cursive Etnew 8 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, wedding stationery, quotes, branding, airy, delicate, elegant, romantic, refined, handwritten elegance, signature style, personal tone, decorative caps, monoline, hairline, looping, flourished, slanted.
A very slender, calligraphic script with a consistent hairline stroke and a steady rightward slant. Letterforms are tall and narrow, with generous ascenders/descenders and compact interior counters that keep the texture light and open. Strokes flow with smooth, continuous curves and frequent entry/exit strokes, while capitals add larger loops and extended swashes that create a graceful, ribbon-like rhythm. Spacing is variable and handwriting-like, producing a lively baseline movement and an overall airy color on the page.
Best suited to display and short-form settings such as invitations, greeting cards, wedding materials, boutique branding, and pull quotes where the thin stroke and flourished capitals can be appreciated. It also works well for product labels and social graphics when set with ample size and breathing room, and paired with a simple text face for supporting copy.
The font conveys a soft, intimate elegance—more poetic than assertive. Its thin strokes and looping forms suggest a personal, romantic note, with a refined, lightly formal tone suitable for gentle, expressive messaging.
Designed to emulate an elegant, lightly connected handwriting style with a focus on slender strokes, tall proportions, and expressive capitals. The emphasis appears to be on graceful motion and a handwritten signature feel rather than dense text readability.
Capitals are noticeably more decorative than lowercase, featuring prominent loops and long, sweeping terminals that can dominate in short words or initials. Numerals and punctuation follow the same fine-line approach, reading cleanly at larger sizes but relying on sufficient contrast and scale for best clarity.