Cursive Ehkum 2 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, quotes, headlines, elegant, romantic, lively, handmade, vintage, personal tone, elegant script, brush realism, display focus, brushy, calligraphic, looping, slanted, airy.
A slanted cursive script with a brush-pen feel, combining tapered hairlines with fuller downstrokes and softly pointed terminals. Letterforms are tall and narrow with long ascenders and descenders, giving the face a vertical, airy rhythm. Strokes show subtle, natural-looking modulation and slight irregularities that read as hand-made rather than mechanically uniform. Uppercase characters are flowing and simplified, while lowercase forms lean on looped entries/exits and compact bowls, creating a continuous, forward-moving texture in words.
Well-suited to invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and packaging where an elegant handwritten voice is desired. It also works for short headlines, pull quotes, and signatures or name-lockups, especially at display sizes where the stroke modulation and loops can be appreciated.
The overall tone is graceful and personable, with a romantic, slightly vintage note. Its quick, brushy motion makes it feel energetic and expressive, like a neat handwritten inscription rather than formal engraving.
This design appears intended to capture the speed and charm of brush-script handwriting in a refined, legible way—delivering a stylish, personal tone while maintaining consistent rhythm across uppercase, lowercase, and figures.
The narrow proportions and tight internal spaces suggest it will look clearest with a bit of breathing room in size and spacing, especially in dense passages. Numerals follow the same cursive, slightly calligraphic logic, blending well with mixed-case settings.