Cursive Ekmin 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, invitations, posters, casual, friendly, lively, modern, handmade, handwritten tone, expressive headlines, signature feel, brush script, brushy, gestural, looping, airy, tall.
A slanted handwritten script with tall, narrow proportions and a brush-pen feel. Strokes show smooth, calligraphic modulation, with tapered entries and exits and occasional heavier downstrokes, creating a rhythmic, gestural line. Letterforms are mostly connected in word settings, with long ascenders/descenders and open counters that keep the texture light. Capitals are expressive and linear, often built from single continuous strokes with subtle loops. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same flowing, drawn character and slightly variable stroke endings for a natural, written look.
Well-suited for branding accents, packaging labels, social graphics, and editorial pull quotes where a friendly handwritten signature is desired. It performs best in short to medium headlines, tags, and callouts, and can also work for invitations or event materials when used with comfortable tracking and generous line spacing.
The overall tone is relaxed and personable, like quick, confident marker lettering. Its motion and looping joins give it an upbeat, approachable voice that feels contemporary and informal rather than formal or ornamental.
Likely designed to capture the look of quick brush-script handwriting with a clean, controlled structure. The intent appears to balance natural pen movement—tapers, loops, and lively joins—with enough consistency to keep words readable and cohesive in display typography.
Spacing and joins create a smooth cursive cadence, while the narrow build and tall extenders produce a vertical, elegant silhouette. The punctuation and forms shown read clearly at display sizes, with a deliberately handwritten irregularity that adds warmth without becoming messy.