Script Kekom 9 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
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A formal, handwritten script with tall ascenders and deep descenders, built from smooth, looping strokes and a consistent right-lean-free posture. The design shows pronounced stroke contrast, with hairline entry/exit strokes and heavier downstrokes that create a polished, calligraphic rhythm. Letterforms are compact and narrow, with rounded bowls, generous terminals, and occasional swash-like curls on capitals and select lowercase forms. The lowercase sits low relative to the long vertical extenders, giving the text a graceful, airy skyline and baseline movement.
Best suited to short display settings where its contrast and flourishes can remain crisp—wedding suites, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and editorial headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or section titles when set with generous tracking and leading to preserve the loops and delicate joins.
The overall tone feels classic and decorative—light, charming, and slightly theatrical. It suggests a careful hand and a sense of ceremony, while the curled terminals add a playful, storybook elegance rather than strict formality.
The design appears intended to emulate a neat, formal pen script with decorative capitalization and graceful terminals. Its narrow proportions and high-contrast strokes prioritize elegance and stylistic expression over utilitarian text neutrality, aiming for a distinctive, premium handwritten feel.
Capitals are especially stylized, with prominent loops and curved entry strokes that read well at display sizes. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, mixing simple structures with curved tails; some figures (notably 2, 3, 5, and 9) lean into ornamental endings that reinforce the script personality.