Cursive Tilow 1 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, packaging, posters, social media, friendly, playful, retro, handmade, casual, hand-lettered feel, display impact, warm tone, brand personality, casual script, brushy, looped, rounded, bouncy, connected.
A slanted, brush-pen script with compact proportions and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes show rounded terminals and soft, swelling joins that suggest pressure variation, with occasional teardrop-like endings and tucked-in entry/exit strokes. Letterforms lean toward simplified cursive shapes with frequent connections in lowercase, while capitals are more standalone and decorative, featuring broad curves and looped bowls. Counters are relatively tight, curves are full and slightly squashed, and overall spacing varies to preserve a natural handwritten flow.
Best suited to short-form display uses where personality matters: branding marks, café or boutique identities, product packaging, posters, invitations, and social graphics. It can also work for punchy subheads or pull quotes, while longer paragraphs may feel visually dense due to the heavy strokes and lively forms.
The font reads warm and personable, with a cheerful bounce that feels informal and approachable. Its brushy texture and rounded curves give it a vintage craft energy—more like a hand-lettered sign than a formal script—making the tone upbeat and inviting rather than refined.
Designed to mimic confident brush handwriting with a consistent slant and a casual connected flow, prioritizing charm and immediacy over strict calligraphic precision. The goal appears to be a bold, friendly script that holds up in attention-grabbing settings and conveys a handmade, human voice.
Uppercase forms carry the most character, with prominent swoops and curled terminals that can dominate at small sizes. Numerals are similarly rounded and hand-shaped, matching the script’s stroke energy, and the overall texture stays dark and bold on the page, creating strong typographic color in headlines.