Cursive Abnar 2 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, headlines, packaging, elegant, whimsical, romantic, airy, delicate, expressiveness, elegance, flourish, personal touch, display, calligraphic, looped, flourished, bouncy, monoline-like.
A slender, calligraphic script with sweeping ascenders, looped capitals, and a pronounced rightward slant. Strokes alternate between hairline connections and thicker downstrokes, creating a crisp pen-and-ink contrast and a lively rhythm. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with long, curling entry/exit strokes and occasional extended crossbars and swashes that give lines a flowing, continuous feel. Lowercase forms are compact with petite counters and a small visual core, while capitals provide most of the display presence through generous loops and tall proportions.
This font performs best in short to medium display settings where its loops and contrast can be appreciated—wedding stationery, event invites, greeting cards, boutique branding, product labels, and ornamental headings. It can also work for pull quotes or signatures when given enough size and breathing room.
The overall tone feels refined and expressive, like a quick but practiced handwritten note. Its flourishes add a touch of romance and whimsy, while the sharp contrast and slim silhouettes keep it feeling polished rather than rustic. The rhythm reads light, buoyant, and slightly theatrical—well-suited to decorative, personality-forward typography.
The design appears intended to emulate graceful, modern calligraphy with a fashion-forward narrowness and dramatic capitals. Its emphasis on flowing connections and decorative swashes suggests a focus on expressive display typography rather than dense body text.
In the sample text, long ascenders and flourished capitals can create prominent vertical movement and occasional overlaps in tight settings. Spacing appears intentionally airy, and the narrow shapes help long phrases stay compact, though very small sizes may reduce clarity in the finer connecting strokes.