Cursive Velu 4 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, casual, lively, friendly, personal, expressive, handwritten feel, signature style, energetic display, informal warmth, brushy, slanted, looping, fluid, bouncy.
A slanted, brush-pen script with sharp contrast between thick downstrokes and tapered, hairline upstrokes. Letterforms are compact and rhythmically irregular, with a springy baseline and narrow overall footprints that keep words tight. Strokes often terminate in pointed flicks, and counters stay relatively small, giving the writing a dense, energetic texture. Uppercase forms lean toward gestural, signature-like shapes that stand taller and more dramatic than the lowercase.
This style works best for short to medium display copy where a handwritten voice is desired—logos, product labels, café menus, quotes, headings, and promotional graphics. It can also suit invitations or greeting-style materials, especially when paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting text.
The font reads as personable and spontaneous, like quick handwriting made with a flexible marker or brush pen. Its brisk slant and flicked terminals add a sense of momentum and confidence, while the looping joins keep the tone warm and conversational.
The design appears intended to mimic confident, fast brush handwriting for modern, informal display use. Its contrast, slant, and flicked terminals aim to deliver an expressive, signature-like presence while keeping word shapes compact for punchy headlines.
In the sample text, connections between letters are frequent but not rigidly uniform, which enhances the hand-drawn feel. Numerals and capitals carry the same brush rhythm, with strong diagonal movement and occasional swashy entry/exit strokes that can create visual emphasis within a line.