Cursive Otby 10 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, quotes, branding, packaging, airy, delicate, intimate, whimsical, elegant, handwritten feel, signature style, graceful display, personal tone, lightweight texture, monoline, loopy, linear, tall, spindly.
A very slender, monoline handwritten script with tall ascenders/descenders and generous internal whitespace. Strokes stay consistently thin with subtle pressure-like modulation at curves and terminals, and letterforms lean mostly upright with long, smooth verticals. Capitals are larger and more gestural, often built from single, looping strokes, while lowercase maintains a narrow, threadlike rhythm with small counters and compact joins. Numerals echo the same fine-line construction and rounded, open forms, keeping an even, lightly sketched texture across text.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where a personal, handwritten voice is desired—such as invitations, cards, small brand marks, boutique packaging, and pull quotes. It performs especially well at display sizes, where the fine strokes and looping capitals remain distinct.
The overall tone is soft and personal, like careful pen notes or a lightly practiced signature. Its thin lines and looping capitals add a touch of romance and whimsy without becoming overly ornate, giving it a quiet, airy elegance.
Designed to mimic neat, lightly inked cursive writing with an emphasis on elegance and vertical grace. The restrained stroke weight and looping construction suggest an intention to provide a refined handwritten option for expressive headlines and personal messaging.
The extended ascenders, descenders, and occasional long entry/exit strokes create a flowing baseline movement and increase the sense of verticality. At smaller sizes the hairline strokes may visually recede, while larger settings reveal the graceful loops and open spacing more clearly.