Cursive Upguh 2 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, logotypes, elegant, romantic, playful, vintage, whimsical, modern calligraphy, signature look, decorative display, expressive lettering, calligraphic, swashy, looped, fluid, graceful.
A flowing, calligraphic script with pronounced thick–thin modulation and a consistent forward slant. Strokes feel pen-drawn, with tapered entry and exit strokes, occasional hairline connectors, and soft, rounded joins. Letterforms are compact and tall, with long ascenders/descenders and a relatively small lowercase body, while capitals introduce more dramatic curves and swash-like terminals. The rhythm varies slightly across glyphs, giving a lively handwritten texture while maintaining overall coherence.
Well suited for invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and packaging where a graceful handwritten signature feel is desired. It performs best in headlines, short phrases, and name-style treatments, and can also work for brief subheads when given sufficient size and spacing.
The font reads as refined yet personable, mixing formal calligraphy cues with an informal handwritten charm. Its looping forms and sweeping terminals create a romantic, celebratory tone, while the slight irregularity keeps it approachable rather than rigidly formal.
The design appears intended to evoke a modern calligraphy look—stylish, expressive, and slightly whimsical—while remaining legible in common mixed-case phrases. Its contrasting strokes and embellished capitals suggest a focus on display applications that benefit from gesture and personality.
Uppercase shapes are more expressive and decorative, while the lowercase stays simpler for readability, creating a pleasant hierarchy in mixed-case text. Numerals follow the same italic, high-contrast logic, with curved forms and delicate terminals that suit display use more than dense tabular settings.