Cursive Esmoy 2 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, logotypes, headlines, greeting cards, elegant, romantic, airy, personal, graceful, signature feel, elegant display, flourished caps, personal tone, flowing, looping, calligraphic, monoline, delicate.
A flowing script with a pronounced rightward slant and long, tapered entry and exit strokes. Letterforms are built from smooth, looping curves with a mostly consistent, pen-like stroke weight and subtle thick–thin modulation at turns. Ascenders and descenders are generous, giving the line a tall, elongated profile, while the lowercase shows a compact body with small counters and narrow spacing rhythm. Connections are implied through extended terminals, and many capitals feature sweeping lead-in strokes that create an open, calligraphic silhouette.
Well-suited for wedding and event invitations, boutique branding, packaging accents, and short headline phrases where its loops and swashes can shine. It performs best at display sizes or in brief text runs, especially when generous tracking and line spacing are available to accommodate the long terminals and tall extenders.
The font conveys a refined, intimate handwriting feel—polished enough for formal moments yet still personal and relaxed. Its airy strokes and looping capitals add a romantic, celebratory tone, leaning more graceful than playful.
The design appears intended to emulate neat, stylish penmanship with a calligraphic flourish—prioritizing elegant rhythm and expressive capitals over strict regularity. It aims to provide a signature-like presence that elevates names, titles, and celebratory messaging.
Capitals are especially expressive, with broad swashes and occasional flourish-like hooks that can create strong word-shape contrast in headlines. Numerals follow the same slanted, handwritten logic, with simple forms and light, curved terminals that keep them visually consistent with the letters.