Cursive Irmes 10 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, quotes, invitations, casual, friendly, playful, personal, lively, handwritten feel, quick note, signature style, expressive titles, casual warmth, brushy, fluid, monoline, looping, slanted.
A fluid, brush-pen script with a consistent, low-contrast stroke and an overall rightward slant. Letterforms are built from swift, tapered strokes with rounded terminals and frequent looped entries/exits, creating an energetic handwritten rhythm. Proportions favor tall ascenders and descenders with compact lowercase bodies, and spacing varies naturally from glyph to glyph for an organic, written-on-the-fly texture. Numerals and capitals keep the same brisk, signature-like construction, with simplified shapes and occasional open counters.
Well-suited to short-to-medium display text where a friendly handwritten voice is desirable—logos, product labels, café menus, social posts, greeting cards, and pull quotes. It performs best at larger sizes where the quick stroke details and compact lowercase proportions remain clear.
The font conveys an informal, personable tone—like quick notes, captions, or a confident marker signature. Its loose joins and springy loops feel upbeat and conversational rather than formal or ceremonial.
The design appears intended to capture the pace and character of natural brush writing—fast, legible, and expressive—while staying consistent enough for repeated use in titles and casual messaging.
Connections between letters are often implied rather than perfectly continuous, which reinforces the hand-drawn realism. In running text, long strokes and extended swashes can create lively word shapes and occasional overlaps in tighter settings.