Cursive Apkus 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, branding, headlines, quotes, invitations, friendly, casual, expressive, lively, personal, handwritten feel, expressive display, modern script, personal tone, brushy, looping, tall, airy, bouncy.
A handwritten script with tall, slender letterforms and a lively rightward slant. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation, like a pointed brush or flexible pen, with tapered terminals and occasional inkier downstrokes. The rhythm is quick and bouncy, with generous ascenders/descenders and open counters; connections are frequent in lowercase, while capitals are more standalone and gestural. Numerals and punctuation keep the same calligraphic swing, including long cross strokes and looped forms that add personality.
Best suited to display settings where its personality can read clearly—logos, short headlines, social graphics, packaging callouts, greeting cards, and invitation-style pieces. It can also work for brief pull quotes or UI accents, but the lively joins and long strokes may feel busy in dense paragraphs.
The overall tone feels warm, informal, and human—like quick, confident handwriting used for notes, invitations, or boutique branding. Its energetic loops and sweeping strokes give it a playful, slightly dramatic flair without becoming overly ornamental.
Designed to capture the spontaneity of modern brush lettering in a clean, repeatable font: fast strokes, expressive contrast, and a handwritten cadence aimed at approachable, style-forward display typography.
Spacing and stroke texture feel intentionally organic rather than mechanically uniform, which reinforces the hand-drawn character. Some letters have long extenders and prominent entry/exit strokes, so the font visually benefits from a bit of breathing room in line spacing and sidebearings.