Cursive Emlus 8 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, greeting cards, brand signatures, social posts, airy, elegant, romantic, casual, delicate, signature feel, personal warmth, light elegance, display script, monoline, looped, flowing, bouncy, slanted.
A delicate cursive script with a consistent, fine stroke and gently tapered terminals. Letterforms are tall and slim with a pronounced rightward slant, generous ascenders/descenders, and open counters that keep the texture light. Connections are smooth and threadlike in the lowercase, while capitals introduce larger entry/exit strokes and occasional flourished loops. Spacing feels loose and rhythmic, giving words a buoyant, handwritten cadence rather than a rigid, uniform pattern.
Well-suited to short display settings such as invitations, wedding stationery, greeting cards, packaging accents, and signature-style branding. It also works nicely for pull quotes or social media graphics where a light, handwritten voice is desired.
The overall tone is graceful and personable—more like a neat, stylish signature than formal calligraphy. Its light touch and looping forms suggest softness and warmth, with a slightly playful swing that keeps it approachable.
The design appears intended to emulate a refined everyday cursive—clean, legible, and stylish—balancing fluid connections with enough openness to remain readable in headline-scale text.
Capitals are notably expressive and taller than the lowercase, creating strong word-shape emphasis in titles. The numerals match the script’s thin, handwritten construction, and the set maintains a cohesive angle and stroke behavior across glyphs.