Cursive Fumes 10 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
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A flowing cursive script with a pronounced rightward slant and long, tapering entry and exit strokes. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with occasional sharp, pointed terminals and subtle hairline-to-stroke contrast that reads like a pen. Capitals are larger and more gestural, featuring generous loops and extended cross-strokes, while lowercase maintains a consistent rhythm with compact counters and a lightly bouncing baseline. Numerals are similarly written and open, favoring single-stroke construction and graceful curves.
Best suited to short-to-medium passages where its expressive joins and elegant capitals can be appreciated—such as wedding suites, greeting cards, boutique branding, cosmetic or specialty packaging, and editorial pull-quotes or headings. It works particularly well as an accent typeface paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting text.
The overall tone is graceful and personal, balancing neatness with a handwritten spontaneity. Its looping capitals and slender strokes give it a sophisticated, romantic character suited to polished yet human communication.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, confident pen lettering with a polished, modern script sensibility. It emphasizes fluid connection, stylish capitals, and airy stroke economy to create distinctive wordmarks and decorative lines of text without feeling overly formal.
Spacing appears relatively tight in running text, and the long ascenders/descenders and extended swashes in capitals can create lively word shapes. Crossbars (notably on t and some capitals) are long and expressive, contributing to a calligraphic cadence and occasional overlap in dense settings.