Cursive Derom 16 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, quotes, elegant, airy, personal, romantic, refined, signature feel, handwritten elegance, expressive display, personal tone, looping, monoline feel, tapered terminals, steep slant, calligraphic.
A slender cursive script with a steep rightward slant and a crisp, pen-drawn rhythm. Strokes show pronounced contrast between hairline connections and heavier downstrokes, with tapered terminals and occasional looped joins. Uppercase forms are tall and graceful with simplified, open counters, while lowercase keeps a compact body and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical elegance. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with narrow, slightly irregular widths that preserve a natural, written cadence.
Well suited to wedding and event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and pull-quote or title treatments where a refined handwritten voice is desired. It performs best at display sizes or short lines of text, and benefits from generous leading to keep loops and descenders from crowding.
The overall tone is poised and intimate—more polished than casual, yet still clearly handwritten. Its delicate contrast and flowing motion evoke classic note-taking and personal correspondence, with a lightly dramatic, romantic flavor suited to expressive headlines.
The design appears intended to mimic an elegant, quickly written signature hand—balancing legibility with expressive stroke contrast and fluid connectivity. Its narrow, upright-tall construction prioritizes graceful vertical movement and a stylish, personalized finish for branding and display typography.
Spacing appears tight and lively, with many letters designed to connect smoothly; the sample text reads best when set with enough line spacing to accommodate the long extenders. The narrow proportions and sharp diagonals create a fast, energetic texture, while the thin connecting strokes can soften at smaller sizes.