Cursive Ehmev 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, posters, packaging, social media, quotes, casual, energetic, playful, handcrafted, expressive, handwritten feel, brush script, casual display, personal tone, dynamic rhythm, brushy, slanted, looping, bouncy, textured.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with tapered strokes and a slightly dry, textured edge that suggests quick hand movement. Letterforms are compact and tall, with tight counters, long ascenders/descenders, and a lively baseline bounce that creates a rhythmic, informal flow. Connections are frequent in lowercase, while capitals are more standalone and gestural, mixing simple strokes with occasional looped entrances and exits. Numerals match the handwritten construction, with rounded bowls and angled terminals that keep the set cohesive.
This font is well suited to short-to-medium display settings where personality is the priority: brand marks, packaging callouts, café menus, posters, social posts, and pull quotes. It works especially well at larger sizes where the brush texture and tapered terminals can be appreciated, and where the lively rhythm can carry a headline or highlight phrase.
The overall tone is friendly and spirited, like casual marker lettering used for notes, labels, or upbeat headlines. Its brisk slant and snappy terminals give it momentum, while the brush modulation adds a personal, handcrafted warmth. The texture and irregularities keep it from feeling formal, leaning instead toward approachable and contemporary.
The design appears intended to emulate fast brush handwriting with a confident slant, delivering an expressive, contemporary script voice that feels personal rather than polished. It aims to balance legibility with gesture by keeping forms compact and consistent while allowing natural variation in joins, terminals, and stroke texture.
Spacing appears naturally variable with narrow sidebearings, reinforcing the handwritten feel. The low lowercase height relative to ascenders makes word shapes feel tall and wiry, and the more gestural capitals can add emphasis at the start of phrases. The roughened stroke edges and subtle wobble are consistent across the alphabet, supporting a cohesive “written in one go” impression.