Cursive Hori 6 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, invitations, headlines, quotes, elegant, airy, fashion, poetic, delicate, signature feel, editorial elegance, decorative display, graceful motion, hairline, monolinear, calligraphic, looping, flourished.
A hairline cursive script with a steep rightward slant and long, wiry strokes that feel pen-drawn. Letterforms are tall and compressed, with generous ascenders and descenders and a noticeably small x-height in the lowercase. Strokes stay extremely thin overall, with sharp, needle-like terminals and occasional looped counters in capitals; joins are loose and sometimes implied rather than tightly connected, giving the rhythm a light, sketch-like texture. Spacing is open and the baseline flow is smooth, with selective swashes and elongated entry/exit strokes that add movement without becoming overly ornate.
Best suited to display settings where its thin strokes can breathe—logos, boutique branding, wedding and event stationery, beauty or lifestyle packaging, editorial headlines, and short quotation treatments. It works well as an accent script paired with a sturdy serif or sans for body copy, rather than being used for long passages.
The tone is refined and expressive, leaning toward romantic, fashion-forward, and editorial. Its whisper-thin lines and elongated forms create a sense of quiet sophistication, like a quick signature or a graceful note written with a fine pen.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of handwritten cursive with a polished, fashion-oriented finish—prioritizing gesture, length, and elegance over dense texture or small-size readability.
Capitals are especially prominent and decorative, often forming large loops and oversized gestures that can dominate a line. Numerals follow the same slender, handwritten logic, with simple, upright-leaning forms that read best when given ample size and contrast.