Cursive Degef 6 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, greeting cards, branding, quotes, elegant, airy, romantic, whimsical, refined, personal touch, signature look, decorative display, elegant script, calligraphic, looping, delicate, swashy, tall.
A delicate, monoline-to-slightly-modulated cursive with tall ascenders, compact counters, and a pronounced rightward slant. Strokes are smooth and continuous with frequent looped joins and occasional long, sweeping entry/exit strokes that add flourish without becoming heavy. Uppercase forms are slender and expressive, often built from a single flowing gesture with open bowls and extended terminals, while lowercase maintains a consistent rhythm with narrow proportions and restrained spacing. Numerals are similarly light and curvy, with rounded shapes and gentle hooks that keep them stylistically aligned with the letters.
Well-suited to wedding materials, invitations, greeting cards, and boutique branding where an elegant handwritten tone is desired. It works especially well for short headlines, names, and pull quotes, and can be paired with a simple serif or sans for supporting text to maintain clarity.
The overall tone feels graceful and intimate—more like handwritten ink on stationery than a formal engraved script. Its thin, flowing strokes and looping forms suggest a romantic, personal voice, with a slightly playful liveliness in the swashes and tall letterforms.
The design appears intended to capture a refined, handwritten signature feel: slender, flowing forms with decorative looping that elevates everyday cursive into something more display-oriented and expressive.
In the sample text, the thin strokes and tight interior spaces read best at larger sizes where the loops and terminals have room to breathe. Capital letters carry the strongest personality and can introduce noticeable flair at word starts, which can be used to create emphasis in short phrases.