Cursive Eslig 21 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding stationery, branding, logotypes, packaging, elegant, airy, romantic, personal, graceful, handwritten elegance, lightweight display, personal tone, refined script, monoline, looped, slanted, tall ascenders, long descenders.
A delicate, slanted script with a fine monoline stroke and softly tapered terminals. Letterforms are tall and narrow with generous ascenders and descenders, giving the line a vertical, elongated rhythm. Joins are fluid and often implied rather than tightly connected, with smooth curves, occasional looped strokes, and a slightly calligraphic pen-like motion. Spacing is open and light, and the overall texture stays consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
This style works best at display sizes for invitations, event materials, beauty and lifestyle branding, packaging accents, and short editorial pull quotes. The fine stroke and narrow proportions favor higher-contrast backgrounds and roomy tracking, while longer passages are better kept brief for readability.
The font reads as refined and intimate, balancing a graceful handwritten feel with a fashion-forward lightness. Its flowing movement and slim proportions create a romantic, airy tone suited to elegant personal messaging rather than utilitarian text.
The design appears intended to provide a polished handwritten script that feels personal and upscale, with controlled consistency and a light, flowing cadence for elegant display typography.
Capitals are expressive and prominent, often built from long entry/exit strokes that add flourish without heavy ornament. Lowercase maintains a simple, legible skeleton with selective loops (notably in letters like g, y, and z), and the numerals follow the same slender, handwritten logic for a cohesive set.