Cursive Dabet 11 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, posters, invitations, casual, friendly, playful, crafty, personal, handwritten realism, expressive display, approachability, informal emphasis, brushy, fluid, looping, bouncy, rounded.
A lively handwritten script with brush-pen construction, combining smooth curves with occasional pointed turns. Strokes show subtle pressure changes, producing gently tapered terminals and moderately contrasted thick–thin movement. Letterforms are strongly slanted with a bouncy baseline and varied widths, and many characters use simplified, open counters for speed and clarity. Capitals are tall and prominent with long verticals and soft, looping joins, while lowercase forms stay compact and narrow with quick, rhythmic connections.
Best suited for short to medium display text where a friendly, handmade voice is desired—logos, packaging callouts, social posts, headlines, and invitation-style materials. It can work for brief quotes or subheads, while very long passages may feel busy due to the lively slant, narrow proportions, and variable rhythm.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like quick note-taking with a felt-tip brush. Its energetic rhythm and looping forms read as upbeat and approachable, lending a handmade, crafty character without feeling overly decorative.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush handwriting with a clean, modern polish—capturing natural motion, soft joins, and expressive capitals while keeping shapes legible and consistent across the alphabet and numerals.
Spacing and connections feel naturally inconsistent in a controlled way, reinforcing the hand-drawn impression. Descenders and a few uppercase strokes extend confidently, creating a distinctive vertical rhythm in longer lines of text.