Cursive Ekled 11 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, romantic, airy, lively, personal, handwritten elegance, calligraphic flair, personal tone, display emphasis, looping, calligraphic, swashy, slanted, bouncy.
A flowing script with a pronounced rightward slant and high-contrast strokes that mimic a pointed-pen or brush-pen feel. Letterforms are tall and narrow with long ascenders and descenders, a very small x-height, and a rhythmic baseline bounce that adds motion. Terminals often taper to fine points, while downstrokes swell into darker, inkier strokes, creating a crisp calligraphic texture. Uppercase characters use generous loops and occasional swash-like entries, while lowercase forms stay compact and quick, with simple joins and occasional open counters.
This font suits short, prominent settings where its contrast and tall, looping forms can shine—such as invitations, event materials, boutique branding, product labels, and editorial pull quotes. It works especially well for names, titles, and accent lines paired with a calmer sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, blending a refined calligraphic sheen with an informal, handwritten energy. Its narrow, towering proportions and looping caps feel romantic and slightly whimsical, giving text a light, airy presence while still reading as expressive and personal.
The design appears intended to emulate fast, stylish cursive writing with calligraphic contrast, prioritizing elegance and personality over neutrality. Its narrow, towering proportions and decorative capitals suggest a focus on display use where expressive rhythm and flourish enhance the message.
Texture varies noticeably from letter to letter due to contrast and stroke direction, which reinforces a hand-drawn authenticity. Numerals follow the same slanted, tapered logic and appear designed to harmonize with the script’s vertical emphasis and delicate finishing strokes.