Cursive Gorey 1 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, social posts, elegant, airy, romantic, personal, delicate, signature, elegance, personal touch, soft luxury, display script, monoline, looping, swashy, calligraphic, expressive.
A delicate cursive script with a steep rightward slant and a light, pen-like stroke. Letterforms are tall and narrow with long ascenders and descenders, and many capitals feature generous entry strokes and looping bowls. Strokes feel mostly monoline with subtle modulation at curves and joins, producing a clean, airy texture. The rhythm is fluid and handwritten, with varied character widths and occasional extended terminals that create a softly swashy silhouette.
This script suits short-form display settings such as invitations, greeting cards, beauty or boutique branding, packaging accents, and social media quotes. It performs best at larger sizes where the thin strokes and tight proportions remain clear, and it pairs well with a restrained sans or serif for supporting text.
The font conveys an intimate, graceful tone—more like quick, confident signing than formal engraving. Its thin strokes and looping capitals read as refined and romantic, with a relaxed, human warmth.
The design appears intended to provide a refined handwritten look with elegant, looped capitals and an understated lowercase, offering a personal signature-like feel while staying visually light and contemporary.
Capitals are especially expressive and occupy more vertical space than the lowercase, which stays compact and understated. Numerals are simple and lightly drawn to match the script’s overall delicacy, and the set maintains a consistent slant and baseline flow across words in the sample text.