Cursive Elgus 15 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, greeting cards, branding, social media, elegant, airy, graceful, personal, romantic, elegant script, personal tone, modern calligraphy, decorative display, monoline, calligraphic, looping, slanted, delicate.
A delicate, handwritten script with a pronounced rightward slant and a largely monoline stroke that occasionally swells at curves and terminals. Letterforms are tall and narrow with generous ascenders/descenders and a notably small x-height, producing an airy, vertical rhythm. Strokes are smooth and fluid with lightly tapered ends, frequent loops, and a mix of connected and separated joins that keeps the texture lively. Capitals are prominent and more gestural than the lowercase, often featuring extended entry strokes and open counters.
This font suits short, expressive text where personality is the priority—wedding suites, invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging accents, and social media graphics. It works best at display sizes for names, headings, and pull quotes rather than dense paragraphs.
The overall tone feels refined and intimate, like quick calligraphic note-taking with a polished touch. Its lightness and looping motion suggest romance and softness, while the tall proportions add a sense of poise and sophistication.
The design appears intended to capture a modern calligraphic handwriting feel—light, quick, and elegant—while maintaining a consistent rhythm across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals for cohesive, decorative typography.
In the samples, spacing and connectivity vary in a natural handwritten way, which adds charm but can create an uneven color at smaller sizes. The numerals are similarly slender and flowing, matching the script’s light, airy presence.