Cursive Duki 12 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, logos, headlines, elegant, romantic, refined, airy, classic, signature, formal charm, display script, decorative caps, handwritten elegance, looping, monolinear, swashy, calligraphic, delicate.
A delicate cursive script with smooth, looping strokes and a consistent, pen-like line quality. Letterforms are strongly right-slanted with narrow proportions and generous, rounded counters, while capitals feature extended entry and exit strokes that create a graceful, linear flow. The lowercase is compact with a notably low x-height and long ascenders/descenders, producing an airy rhythm and a strong baseline sweep. Overall spacing stays tight and fluid, with connections implied by the cursive construction even when letters are shown individually.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its loops and slanted rhythm can breathe—wedding suites, greeting cards, fashion or beauty packaging, boutique identity work, and elegant wordmarks. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers when set with ample tracking and line spacing.
The tone is formal-leaning and romantic, suggesting handwritten elegance rather than casual note-taking. Its light, flowing gestures and swashy capitals evoke invitations, personal correspondence, and boutique branding with a classic, polished feel.
The design appears intended to capture a refined, calligraphy-inspired handwritten signature look, prioritizing graceful motion, slender forms, and decorative capitals for display typography.
Capital letters are especially expressive, with prominent loops and occasional underlining-like cross strokes that add flourish and movement in headline settings. Numerals follow the same slanted, handwritten logic and remain slender and understated to match the script texture.