Cursive Ehkum 17 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, airy, romantic, refined, personal, signature, formal note, decorative display, personal touch, boutique style, calligraphic, looping, slanted, delicate, fluid.
This cursive script has a slender, right-leaning build with smooth, pen-like curves and softly tapered terminals. Strokes show gentle contrast and a consistent, flowing rhythm, with many forms built from long entry/exit strokes and looping joins. Capitals are taller and more expressive, often featuring extended swashes and open counters, while lowercase forms stay compact with a notably small body height and quick, curved shoulders. Overall spacing is tight and the letterforms keep a narrow footprint, producing an elegant, fast handwritten texture in words.
Well-suited to short, prominent text such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, cosmetic or wedding packaging, and editorial pull quotes. It performs best where its delicate strokes and narrow letterforms can be given enough size and spacing to preserve clarity.
The tone feels graceful and intimate, like a neat signature or a formal note written with a fine pen. Its looping capitals and light, buoyant rhythm suggest a romantic, polished character rather than a casual marker style.
The design appears intended to capture a polished, calligraphic handwriting feel—signature-like, elegant, and expressive—while remaining cohesive across full words and lines of text.
Numerals follow the same slanted, handwritten logic with simple, streamlined shapes and occasional curved terminals. The sample text shows a lively baseline movement and strong word-shape continuity, with capitals providing most of the visual flourish and emphasis.