Cursive Hori 14 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, invitations, branding, quotes, headlines, airy, elegant, delicate, personal, refined, signature feel, light elegance, expressive script, display writing, personal tone, hairline, monoline, looping, swashy, slanted.
A hairline cursive script with a pronounced rightward slant and long, taper-like entry/exit strokes. Letterforms are built from thin, continuous strokes with occasional tight loops, giving a smooth, calligraphic rhythm despite the minimal stroke weight. Uppercase characters are tall and sweeping with extended ascenders and generous flourishes, while the lowercase sits low with noticeably small counters and compact bodies. Overall spacing feels open because of the slender strokes, and the design relies on elongated verticals and angled joins to maintain flow.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as signatures, invitation lines, brand marks, packaging accents, and pull quotes where the hairline strokes can stay crisp. It works especially well at larger sizes or in high-contrast print/digital contexts, and is most effective when given generous tracking and whitespace to preserve its airy structure.
The font reads as intimate and graceful, with a light, handwritten elegance that feels more like a quick, stylish signature than formal penmanship. Its slender strokes and looping motion convey a quiet sophistication and a soft, romantic tone without becoming heavy or ornamental.
The design appears intended to capture a stylish, fast-moving cursive hand with an emphasis on elegance and motion. Its tall capitals, small lowercase bodies, and continuous stroke flow suggest a focus on expressive display use rather than dense, long-form readability.
The strongest visual personality comes from the extended uppercase forms and the consistently long, linear strokes that connect or nearly connect characters in running text. Numerals follow the same lean, airy construction, matching the script’s delicate rhythm rather than aiming for geometric uniformity.