Cursive Ponen 16 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, packaging, branding, social media, playful, whimsical, friendly, crafty, casual, hand-lettered feel, expressive display, friendly tone, decorative flair, bouncy, looped, flourished, monoline feel, calligraphic.
A lively script with a handwritten, brush-pen character and a rhythmic, bouncy baseline. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin transitions and tapered terminals, with rounded bowls, looping ascenders/descenders, and frequent entry/exit swashes. Letterforms lean mostly upright and feel slightly irregular in a natural way, with generous curves and occasional extended cross-strokes and curls that add movement. Numerals follow the same informal, drawn rhythm, with soft curves and varied stroke emphasis.
Well suited to short, expressive copy such as greeting cards, invitations, labels, and boutique branding where personality is the priority. It also works for headers, pull quotes, and social graphics, especially when given room for its loops and swashes to breathe.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, with decorative loops that feel lighthearted rather than formal. It conveys a crafty, handmade warmth—more like a cheerful note or boutique sign than a rigid text face.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident hand lettering with a brush-like contrast and decorative loops, delivering an approachable script with enough flourish to stand out in display settings.
Capital forms are especially expressive, using prominent loops and occasional flourish-like hooks that can create strong visual peaks in words. Spacing appears to vary with the natural flow of the script, and the more ornate strokes can become visually dominant in tight settings or at small sizes.