Script Elden 9 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, logotypes, headlines, packaging, elegant, vintage, romantic, formal, playful, ornamentation, elegance, handmade feel, display impact, swashy, calligraphic, slanted, flourished, bouncy.
A slanted, calligraphic script with strong thick–thin modulation and a brush-pen feel. Strokes end in teardrop terminals and rounded ball-like finishes, with occasional long entry strokes and swashy capitals. Letterforms show a lively rhythm and slightly bouncy baseline, with compact lowercase proportions and relatively small counters that emphasize the heavy downstrokes. Spacing appears uneven by design, with some letters taking noticeably more horizontal room, reinforcing an organic, handwritten texture.
This font is best suited to short, prominent text such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging accents, and headline treatments. It works particularly well when you can give it room to breathe and let the swashy capitals shine, rather than in dense paragraphs or very small sizes.
The overall tone is ornate and expressive, evoking classic invitations, retro branding, and romantic stationery. Its bold, inky downstrokes and decorative caps read as confident and celebratory, while the flowing joins keep it personable and hand-made rather than mechanical.
The design appears intended to emulate formal penmanship with dramatic contrast and decorative flourish, prioritizing charm and personality over strict uniformity. It aims to deliver a classic, dressy script look that feels handcrafted and celebratory in display settings.
Capitals are especially decorative and attention-grabbing, with distinctive loops and curls that work well as initials. The numerals follow the same high-contrast, italicized logic and feel more display-oriented than utilitarian, matching the script’s ornamental character.