Script Kekik 8 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding stationery, invitations, greeting cards, branding, headlines, elegant, romantic, refined, vintage, whimsical, formality, elegance, celebration, handcrafted feel, ornamentation, calligraphic, looping, flourished, swashy, upright-leaning.
A formal script with a consistent rightward slant and pronounced thick–thin modulation that mimics a pointed-pen or brush rhythm. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with compact bowls and a relatively low lowercase body compared to tall ascenders and descenders. Strokes taper into fine hairlines and finish with rounded terminals, while many capitals incorporate looped entry strokes and occasional swashes. Overall spacing is tight and the texture is lively, with subtle width changes across letters that keep the line from feeling mechanically uniform.
Best suited to display settings where its contrast and flourishes can be appreciated—wedding suites, event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and short headlines or pull quotes. It can also work for monograms and packaging accents, especially when paired with a restrained serif or sans for body text.
The tone reads polished and romantic, with a touch of old-world charm. Flourished capitals and delicate hairlines give it a celebratory, invitation-like personality, while the narrow proportions keep it feeling neat rather than overly playful. The overall impression is graceful and personable, like carefully practiced handwriting.
Designed to evoke formal handwriting with a calligraphic, pen-driven cadence—combining elegant thick–thin strokes, looped capitals, and compact lowercase shapes to create a refined script for expressive display typography.
Uppercase forms are the most decorative, relying on loops and extended strokes to create contrast with the simpler lowercase. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, mixing sturdy main strokes with fine joins and small curls, which makes them feel integrated with the alphabet rather than appended.