Cursive Efmes 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: quotes, packaging, social posts, invitations, branding, casual, lively, elegant, personal, airy, handwritten feel, quick readability, modern script, light elegance, slanted, monoline, streamlined, spiky, gestural.
A slanted, monoline script with a quick, drawn-with-a-pen feel. Strokes stay relatively even with gentle softening at joins, while letterforms lean on long ascenders and descenders for rhythm. Capitals are tall and looped with occasional flourish-like entry strokes, and lowercase forms are compact with narrow counters and simplified terminals. The overall texture is light and continuous, with intermittent connections and brisk, angular turns that keep the line moving forward.
Well-suited for short to medium-length display settings such as quotes, greeting cards, invitations, boutique packaging, and lifestyle branding. It also works for headlines and pull quotes where a personal, handwritten tone is desired, especially when given ample whitespace.
The font reads as friendly and spontaneous, like fast but confident handwriting. Its tall, airy forms and occasional loops add a touch of elegance, while the brisk stroke rhythm keeps it informal and approachable.
Designed to capture the energy of casual cursive writing while maintaining a consistent, streamlined texture. The tall capitals and brisk lowercase aim to deliver expressiveness without heavy ornamentation, making it adaptable for modern, lightweight display typography.
In the sample text, word shapes stay coherent even at longer lengths, but the narrow proportions and small internal spaces suggest it will look best with a bit of extra tracking and comfortable line spacing. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, single-stroke constructions that match the script’s flow.