Cursive Maho 6 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, expressive, romantic, refined, handcrafted, signature feel, personal tone, stylish display, handwritten realism, calligraphic, brushlike, slanted, airy, flourished.
A slanted, calligraphic script with a brush-pen feel, built from long, tapering strokes and crisp, pointed terminals. Letterforms are narrow and loosely connected in rhythm, with generous ascenders and descenders that create a tall, graceful profile. Contrast is pronounced, shifting from hairline upstrokes to thicker downstrokes, with occasional ink-like breaks and textured joins that suggest fast, confident writing. Capitals are more embellished and open, while lowercase forms stay compact and streamlined, keeping counters small and the overall color light on the page.
Works best for display applications such as invitations, wedding or event collateral, boutique branding, packaging accents, and short editorial headlines or pull quotes. It’s most effective at larger sizes where the fine hairlines and nuanced stroke modulation can be appreciated.
The font reads as polished yet personal, balancing elegance with a spontaneous handwritten energy. Its flowing motion and sharp flicks give it a stylish, romantic tone suited to expressive messaging rather than neutral text.
Designed to emulate quick, stylish penmanship with calligraphic contrast and fashionable slant, aiming for a refined handwritten signature look that adds personality and movement to titles and names.
Spacing appears intentionally variable, with strokes and entry/exit swashes that can create lively word shapes in short settings. Numerals follow the same cursive, pen-drawn logic, leaning and tapering to match the letterforms.