Cursive Emgum 13 is a very light, normal width, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, greeting cards, logo, packaging, elegant, romantic, airy, personal, refined, expressive caps, handwritten charm, formal script feel, light elegance, swashy, looped, monoline, graceful, calligraphic.
A delicate cursive script with a light, monoline-like stroke and a noticeably slanted, right-leaning posture. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry/exit strokes and generous oval curves, creating an open texture and plenty of white space inside counters. Capitals are especially expressive, with extended lead-in flourishes and occasional looped construction, while lowercase forms stay narrow and compact with small bodies and longer ascenders/descenders. Numerals and punctuation follow the same thin, flowing construction, maintaining a consistent handwritten rhythm across the set.
This font works best for short, prominent text such as invitations, event stationery, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging accents, and logo wordmarks. It’s also well suited to pull quotes and headings where the swashy capitals can be featured without crowding.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, balancing formal calligraphic cues with a relaxed handwritten ease. Its swashy capitals and airy spacing give it a romantic, invitation-like feel, while the restrained stroke weight keeps it understated rather than flashy.
The letterforms appear designed to emulate quick, confident pen lettering with polished calligraphic gestures. The intention seems to be an elegant, personal script that delivers a romantic headline voice while staying light and refined.
The design emphasizes continuous motion: many letters show pronounced connectors and long terminals that can visually tie words together. Because the lowercase bodies are small relative to the ascenders and swashes, the font reads most clearly when given adequate size and line spacing so the flourishes have room to breathe.