Cursive Ohsa 9 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social graphics, packaging, quotes, posters, casual, friendly, whimsical, personal, breezy, handwritten warmth, signature feel, casual display, light elegance, monoline, loopy, bouncy, tall ascenders, open counters.
A casual handwritten script with a monoline, pen-like stroke and gently rounded terminals. Letterforms are tall and slender with long ascenders and descenders, small lowercase bodies, and a lively baseline bounce that keeps the texture airy rather than dense. Connections appear intermittently in the lowercase, while capitals are more standalone and gestural, featuring simple loops and occasional cross-strokes that resemble quick marker/pen movements. Overall spacing is open and the forms favor soft curves over sharp angles, giving the alphabet a light, nimble rhythm.
Well-suited for short to medium-length display text where an informal, human touch is desired—greeting cards, quote graphics, social posts, invitations, and light lifestyle or craft packaging. It can also work for headings or pull quotes when paired with a neutral text face for readability.
The tone is informal and personable, like quick note-taking or a friendly signature. Its looping strokes and slightly playful proportions add a whimsical, approachable feel that reads as human and unpolished in an intentional way.
Designed to mimic quick, natural handwriting with a clean monoline stroke and selective joining, balancing legibility with an expressive, personal rhythm. The tall, narrow proportions and looping capitals suggest an emphasis on elegant, signature-like display rather than dense paragraph setting.
Several characters show simplified, handwritten constructions (notably in the capitals and the digit set), with a consistent single-stroke logic and occasional exaggerated swashes on taller letters. The texture stays even due to the low-contrast line, while the varying character widths and bounce create a spontaneous, drawn-by-hand cadence.