Cursive Ekmes 2 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, refined, personal, airy, handwritten elegance, expressive display, formal script feel, personal tone, monoline feel, looping, calligraphic, swashy, slanted.
A flowing cursive script with a pronounced rightward slant and smooth, pen-driven curves. Strokes show clear thick–thin modulation, with tapered terminals and occasional entry/exit flicks that create a lively rhythm. Uppercase forms are tall and looped with restrained swashes, while lowercase letters sit low with compact counters and long, graceful ascenders and descenders. Spacing is open enough to keep the texture light, and the numerals follow the same handwritten cadence with rounded shapes and fine hairline turns.
Well suited for wedding suites, event invitations, boutique branding, beauty and lifestyle packaging, and short headline phrases where the cursive motion can be appreciated. It can also work for pull quotes or social graphics when set with generous tracking and ample whitespace.
The overall tone is polished and intimate, balancing casual handwriting warmth with a more formal, calligraphic elegance. It reads as romantic and slightly vintage, suited to expressive, human-centered messaging rather than utilitarian text.
Designed to emulate neat, stylish handwriting with a calligraphic finish—prioritizing graceful movement, decorative capitals, and a light overall color for elegant display typography.
Capitals are visually prominent and decorative, creating strong word-start emphasis, while the lowercase maintains a consistent, connected-script flow. The high contrast and fine joins suggest best results at larger sizes or in clean print/digital settings where delicate strokes can remain crisp.