Cursive Afley 1 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, logotypes, wedding, invitations, social media, airy, elegant, casual, romantic, expressive, handwritten charm, display emphasis, signature style, graceful tone, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, long descenders, open counters.
A delicate, handwritten script with a fast, upright-leaning cursive rhythm and a largely monoline feel. Letterforms are tall and slender with generous vertical reach, long ascenders/descenders, and frequent looping strokes, especially in capitals. Connections are fluid but not rigidly continuous, with occasional lifted joins that preserve a natural pen-written cadence. Terminals are tapered and slightly flicked, and spacing stays open enough to keep the texture light despite the narrow proportions.
Best suited to short, expressive text where the tall, delicate forms can breathe—brand marks, boutique packaging, invitations, greeting cards, and social headers. It works especially well for names, titles, and pull quotes, and is less suited to dense paragraphs where the narrow forms and light strokes may lose clarity.
The overall tone is graceful and personable—more like neat, stylish handwriting than a formal calligraphic script. Its light touch and looping capitals give it a romantic, airy feel, while the quick stroke movement keeps it informal and contemporary.
Designed to capture the look of refined everyday handwriting with a fashion-forward slant, emphasizing graceful capitals and a light, flowing rhythm for display-oriented typography.
Capitals tend to be prominent and decorative, with simplified, sweeping structures that read well at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, remaining simple and lightly drawn to match the letterforms.