Cursive Umbus 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, branding, packaging, social posts, invitations, elegant, personal, fashion, romantic, lively, signature feel, expressive caps, brush realism, modern script, brushy, looped, slanted, bouncy, tapered.
A slanted, brush-pen script with tapered entry and exit strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are compact and narrow with lively baseline movement and a slightly bouncy rhythm. Capitals are simplified but expressive, using long swashes and occasional looped structures, while lowercase forms stay airy and quick, with small counters and short bodies relative to the ascenders. Numerals and punctuation follow the same handwritten logic, with smooth curves, pointed terminals, and occasional stroke breaks that reinforce a natural, drawn texture.
Best suited for short to medium-length setting where the brush contrast and swashy caps can lead—logos, boutique branding, beauty and lifestyle packaging, social media graphics, and invitation or greeting-card headlines. It also works well for pull quotes or display callouts when given enough size and breathing room.
The overall tone feels stylish and personal, like confident handwriting done with a flexible marker. Its quick curves and swashy capitals add a romantic, boutique character, while the tight spacing and energetic rhythm keep it modern and upbeat rather than formal.
Designed to mimic fast, confident brush handwriting with a fashionable slant and expressive capitals. The narrow proportions and high contrast aim to deliver a polished signature look while retaining the spontaneity of hand-drawn strokes.
Stroke contrast is driven by a brush angle, producing broad downstrokes and fine hairline links that can become delicate at smaller sizes. Many joins are implied rather than fully connected, which adds spontaneity but can increase letter-to-letter ambiguity in dense words. The capital set carries much of the personality, so titles tend to look more distinctive than all-lowercase passages.