Cursive Ekkem 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, invitations, social media, quotes, playful, friendly, casual, lively, romantic, handwritten feel, display script, casual elegance, brand voice, brushy, looping, slanted, bouncy, expressive.
A slanted cursive script with brush-pen construction and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes taper into pointed terminals with occasional teardrop-like ends, and letterforms show a buoyant baseline rhythm with gently varying widths. Capitals are tall and showy with open loops and long entry/exit strokes, while lowercase forms are compact with frequent single-storey shapes and soft joins that suggest fast handwriting. Overall spacing is on the tight side, emphasizing a continuous, flowing word shape.
Well-suited to short-to-medium text where a personal, stylish voice is desired—logos, boutique branding, packaging labels, invitations, greeting cards, and social graphics. It also works nicely for pull quotes and headlines where the looping capitals and brush contrast can be featured at larger sizes.
The tone is informal and personable, mixing a light, breezy elegance with an energetic, handwritten spontaneity. It reads as cheerful and approachable rather than formal, with enough flourish to feel decorative without becoming overly ornate.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush calligraphy: a legible, slanted script with lively loops and crisp tapers that create an expressive handwritten feel for contemporary display use.
Numbers follow the same cursive, brushy logic, with simple, rounded constructions and consistent contrast. Some joins appear implied rather than fully connected, giving the script a natural hand-drawn variability while keeping a cohesive texture in longer lines.