Cursive Lonev 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, vintage, refined, personal, signature feel, formal elegance, decorative caps, display script, looping, slanted, calligraphic, swashy, airy.
A slanted, calligraphic script with pronounced thick–thin modulation and tapered terminals. Letterforms are narrow and lively, built from smooth, continuous strokes that frequently loop and curl, especially in capitals. The rhythm is fluid and slightly bouncy, with compact lowercase proportions and long ascending/descending gestures that add vertical sparkle. Joins appear natural and pen-led, while counters stay open enough to keep words legible at display sizes.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text where its contrast and swashes can breathe—wedding suites, invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, labels, and elegant packaging. It can also work for headlines and pull quotes when set with generous tracking and line spacing.
The font conveys a graceful, romantic tone with a touch of old-world charm. Its flowing loops and polished contrast feel personable and celebratory, lending a handwritten warmth that still reads as formal and composed.
The design appears intended to emulate a pointed-pen signature style: smooth, continuous writing with dramatic contrast and decorative capitals that elevate simple words into expressive, formal statements.
Capitals are notably expressive, using large entry/exit strokes and occasional flourished forms (e.g., sweeping curves in Q, G, and W) that create strong word-shape silhouettes. Numerals echo the same slanted, cursive logic and maintain consistent contrast with the alphabet, making mixed text feel cohesive.