Cursive Ehley 13 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social media, logotypes, casual, energetic, friendly, expressive, retro, handwritten emphasis, compact display, brush texture, personal tone, brushy, slanted, condensed, loopy, spiky.
A condensed, right-slanted brush script with a lively handwritten rhythm. Strokes show tapered entries and exits with occasional pointed terminals and small ink-like flares, creating a natural, drawn feel. Letterforms are tall and narrow with long ascenders and descenders, and the lowercase has a notably small x-height relative to capitals and extenders. Connections are suggested by flowing stroke logic, but spacing and joins remain loose and variable, keeping the texture informal rather than strictly continuous.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, social graphics, and logo-style wordmarks where a personal handwritten tone is desired. It can also work for quotes or subheads when set with ample size and breathing room to preserve its lively stroke detail.
The overall tone feels quick, confident, and personable, like marker or brush lettering used for emphasis. Its narrow, tall shapes and sharp turns add urgency and motion, while the cursive flow keeps it approachable and conversational.
This design appears intended to emulate fast brush lettering with a condensed footprint, delivering expressive emphasis while keeping lines compact. The combination of tall proportions, tapered stroke modulation, and informal spacing suggests a focus on energetic display use over long-form readability.
Capitals are especially prominent and sweeping, with several forms featuring tall vertical strokes and generous curves that create strong word-shape silhouettes. Numerals follow the same brushy, slanted construction, matching the text color and maintaining a handwritten consistency.