Cursive Kihe 9 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, editorial accents, elegant, romantic, airy, refined, classic, formal script, signature look, luxury tone, decorative caps, calligraphic, monoline feel, looping, flourished, delicate.
This cursive script has a slender, sparkling stroke with pronounced contrast between hairlines and slightly thicker downstrokes. Letterforms are strongly slanted with long, tapering entry and exit strokes, creating a continuous, forward rhythm across words. Proportions are tall and willowy, with small, understated lowercase bodies and occasional extended ascenders/descenders that add graceful vertical motion. Shapes favor open counters and smooth, rounded turns, with selective flourishes on capitals and a few lowercase letters that introduce gentle swashes without becoming overly ornate.
This font is well suited to wedding stationery, invitations, and event materials where an elegant handwritten voice is desired. It also works effectively for boutique branding, labels, and packaging, as well as short editorial accents such as pull quotes or headings where its flowing forms can be given room to breathe.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, with a handwritten formality that reads as romantic and upscale. Its lightness and flowing connections give it an airy, personal feel, while the controlled contrast and polished curves keep it feeling refined rather than casual.
The design appears intended to emulate refined penmanship with a fashionable, calligraphic slant—prioritizing grace, motion, and decorative capitals. Its delicate contrast and long connecting strokes suggest a focus on expressive display use rather than dense, small-size reading.
Capitals are expressive and often built from broad, looping strokes, standing apart as decorative anchors at the start of words. Numerals follow the same delicate, slanted logic, reading as stylish and consistent with the script’s calligraphic cadence. In longer text, the spacing and joining strokes create a continuous ribbon-like line, emphasizing movement more than rigidity.