Cursive Emnis 12 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, wedding, invitations, quotes, branding, elegant, romantic, airy, refined, handcrafted, signature look, formal note, boutique branding, display script, personal tone, looping, fluid, swashy, delicate, monolinear.
A delicate, forward-slanted script with long, tapering entry and exit strokes and a notably compact x-height. Strokes stay mostly even and hairline-like, with gentle contrast created by pressure-like thickening on a few curves and joins. Letterforms are narrow and tall, relying on elongated ascenders/descenders and occasional swashes for presence, while counters remain open and clean. The rhythm is smooth and continuous in words, with selective connections and a lively baseline that feels written rather than mechanically constructed.
Well suited for signature-style branding, wedding and event stationery, boutique packaging, and short display lines such as quotes or product names. It works best when given space to breathe and when used in larger sizes for headlines, monograms, or accent text rather than dense paragraphs.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, evoking a personal signature or formal note. Its light touch and sweeping curves give it a romantic, upscale feel, while the brisk slant and condensed forms add a sense of momentum and sophistication.
The design appears intended to capture an elegant handwritten signature aesthetic—narrow, fast, and fluid—while keeping letterforms consistently shaped for repeatable typesetting. It emphasizes graceful capitals and clean, continuous movement to deliver a polished, personal tone in display settings.
Capital letters are the main stage: they feature prominent loops and extended lead-in strokes that can create dramatic word openings. Lowercase is more restrained and compact, which increases the contrast between headings/initials and body words. Numerals follow the same slender, handwritten logic and read best at moderate sizes where the fine strokes don’t disappear.