Cursive Efdel 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, logotypes, packaging, posters, social media, casual, energetic, personal, expressive, modern, signature feel, handwritten realism, display impact, friendly tone, brushy, slanted, monolinear, tapered, looping.
A lively brush-script with a pronounced rightward slant and quick, sweeping strokes. Letterforms are built from mostly continuous, single-stroke gestures with tapered entries and exits that mimic a pressure-sensitive marker or brush pen. Strokes stay fairly even overall but show subtle thick–thin modulation at curves and terminals, creating a crisp, inked look. Proportions lean tall and compact with tight counters and an understated x-height, while capitals add broad swashes and angled joins that keep the rhythm fast and fluid.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its sweeping stroke energy can read clearly—brand marks, packaging labels, poster headlines, invitations, and social graphics. It can also work for pull quotes or subheads when set with generous spacing and high contrast against the background.
The tone is informal and personable, like a confident handwritten signature or a quick note written with a brush pen. Its motion-forward shapes and sharp, tapered terminals feel energetic and slightly dramatic, balancing friendliness with a bit of flair.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush handwriting in a clean, consistent digital form—prioritizing momentum, tapered stroke ends, and signature-like character for eye-catching display use.
Capitals are more calligraphic and display-like than the lowercase, with larger gestures that can dominate a line. The numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten logic, keeping the set cohesive for short numeric callouts.