Cursive Semey 12 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, posters, social media, greeting cards, playful, friendly, crafty, casual, expressive, handmade feel, display impact, casual warmth, brush energy, brushy, rounded, bouncy, loopy, textured.
A lively brush-script with thick, inky strokes and visible marker-like texture. Letterforms lean mostly upright and stay compact in width, with rounded terminals and occasional pointed joins where strokes overlap. The rhythm alternates between smooth curves and sharper entry/exit flicks, giving the shapes a hand-drawn, slightly irregular baseline and stroke flow. Counters are generally small and the lowercase shows looped constructions in letters like g, y, and z, while capitals feel more decorative with simplified, gesture-driven structures.
Best suited for short-to-medium display text where the brush texture and expressive loops can be appreciated, such as posters, packaging, labels, and social graphics. It also works well for invitations, greeting cards, and craft branding, but may feel busy at very small sizes or in dense paragraphs.
The font conveys an upbeat, personable tone—like quick handwritten signage done with a brush pen. Its energetic loops and chunky strokes feel approachable and crafty, lending a fun, informal voice rather than a formal calligraphic one.
Likely drawn to emulate an energetic brush-pen handwriting style that feels personal and handmade. The design emphasizes bold presence, quick gesture strokes, and decorative loops to create a friendly script for attention-grabbing display use.
Caps and lowercase differ noticeably in construction, with capitals reading as bold, emblematic brush shapes and the lowercase maintaining a more continuous script flow. Numerals are similarly brushy and rounded, designed to match the same handwritten texture and weight distribution.