Cursive Ehbas 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, quotes, headlines, elegant, expressive, romantic, refined, airy, elegance, calligraphy feel, signature look, decorative caps, display emphasis, slanted, calligraphic, looping, flourished, lightfooted.
This script features a pronounced rightward slant with high-contrast strokes that mimic a pointed-pen or brush-calligraphy rhythm. Letterforms are compact and vertically oriented, with tight sidebearings and a lively baseline that subtly undulates across words. Strokes taper into sharp terminals, and many capitals carry sweeping entry/exit swashes; counters stay relatively open despite the compressed widths. The lowercase is small relative to the capitals, with slim ascenders and descenders that extend gracefully without becoming overly heavy or tangled.
Best suited for short to medium-length display settings where its contrast and flourishes can breathe—such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging accents, pull quotes, and elegant headlines. It can also work as a secondary accent face paired with a simple serif or sans for readability in longer text.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, balancing formality with a handwritten spontaneity. Its flourished capitals and crisp hairlines read as polished and classic, while the uneven stroke energy keeps it personal and expressive.
The design appears aimed at delivering an elegant, calligraphy-inspired handwriting look with dramatic contrast and decorative capitals, optimized for expressive wordmarks and celebratory or romantic applications.
Connections between letters appear intermittent rather than fully continuous, creating a semi-joined handwriting feel that preserves distinct shapes in word settings. Numerals follow the same calligraphic contrast and slant, helping mixed text maintain a consistent, stylish texture.