Cursive Andap 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, social posts, invitations, quotes, craft branding, friendly, playful, casual, handmade, approachable, handwritten charm, compact elegance, casual emphasis, personal voice, brushy, looping, lively, bouncy, tall ascenders.
A narrow, tall handwritten script with brisk, brush-like strokes and pronounced thick–thin contrast. Letterforms are mostly upright with a lightly bouncy baseline rhythm, combining slender stems with rounded bowls and frequent looped joins. Capitals are simplified and monoline-like in structure but rendered with pressure-sensitive stroke modulation, while lowercase forms show soft terminals, occasional entry/exit flicks, and compact counters. Numerals are similarly narrow and flowing, with rounded forms and a handwritten irregularity that keeps spacing organic rather than rigid.
It works well for short-to-medium text where a handwritten voice is desired, such as packaging callouts, greeting cards and invitations, lifestyle branding, social media graphics, and quote-based layouts. The narrow footprint can help fit longer words into tight spaces while keeping an elegant, vertical rhythm.
The font feels personable and informal, like quick, neat handwriting with a touch of flair. Its narrow proportions and looping strokes give it a light, energetic tone that reads friendly and conversational rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to capture a quick, stylish cursive hand with brush-pen contrast—narrow, tidy, and legible—aimed at adding warmth and personality to contemporary display typography without looking overly ornate.
Stroke modulation is a defining trait: downstrokes thicken noticeably while curves and upstrokes stay fine, creating a crisp calligraphic sparkle at text sizes. Connections are generally smooth, but not uniformly continuous, which preserves a natural hand-drawn cadence and prevents it from becoming overly polished.