Cursive Apbus 2 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social posts, packaging, invitations, quotes, playful, whimsical, casual, friendly, crafty, handwritten feel, casual elegance, expressive display, personal tone, brush lettering, brushy, bouncy, loopy, organic, expressive.
A brush-pen script with lively, calligraphic rhythm and pronounced stroke modulation. Letterforms lean forward and alternate between rounded loops and tapered, flicked terminals, with many strokes finishing in fine hairlines. Capitals are tall and open with simplified, handwritten construction, while lowercase forms use frequent ascenders/descenders and looped joins that suggest fast, confident writing. Spacing is airy and uneven in a natural way, and the numerals echo the same pen-made contrast and curved entry/exit strokes.
Best suited to display use where its brush contrast and looping forms can be appreciated—greeting cards, invitations, gift tags, packaging accents, and social media graphics. It works well for short headlines, names, and pull quotes, and can also serve as an expressive secondary font paired with a restrained sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone feels personable and upbeat, like a quick handwritten note made with a flexible pen. Its springy curves and sweeping terminals give it a lighthearted, slightly quirky character that reads as informal and approachable.
Designed to capture the feel of natural brush lettering with a quick, handwritten cadence—balancing expressive swashes and loops with enough structure to remain readable in common words and mixed-case settings.
Some letters connect fluidly while others break into separate strokes, creating a semi-connected texture that stays legible in short phrases. The tall ascenders and deep descenders add a decorative silhouette, especially in words with repeated verticals and loops.