Cursive Arlup 8 is a regular weight, narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, headlines, greeting cards, playful, casual, friendly, crafty, romantic, hand-lettered feel, modern calligraphy, decorative display, personal tone, brushy, looped, bouncy, expressive, handmade.
A brush-pen script with lively, slightly right-leaning forms and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes taper to sharp points and show swelling on downstrokes, giving letters a calligraphic, inked texture. Curves are rounded and looped, with variable letter widths and an informal baseline that adds a bouncy rhythm. Uppercase forms are tall and gestural, while lowercase keeps compact counters and short extenders, maintaining a tight, handwritten cadence.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing text where the brush contrast and movement can shine—logos, product labels, invitations, quotes, and social graphics. It works especially well at display sizes; for longer passages, the lively stroke modulation and tight lowercase proportions can reduce readability.
The overall tone feels warm and personable, like quick hand-lettering for notes, packaging, or social posts. Its energetic contrast and looping forms add a light, charming flair that reads as informal and expressive rather than formal or rigid.
Designed to mimic modern brush calligraphy with an approachable, handmade feel, combining dramatic stroke contrast with quick, natural motion. The intent appears to balance decorative flair with enough clarity for common display copy.
Letter connections appear optional rather than strictly continuous, with many joins implied by entry/exit strokes but not consistently linking in every pair. Numerals and capitals share the same brush logic, with strong vertical emphasis and tapered terminals that keep the texture consistent across the set.