Cursive Atram 16 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, quotes, packaging, social media, friendly, playful, casual, warm, handmade, handwritten charm, personal tone, expressive display, casual elegance, looping, monoline feel, bouncy, tall ascenders, open counters.
This is a flowing script with a right-leaning, handwritten rhythm and frequent looped strokes. Letterforms are tall and slender, with pronounced ascenders and descenders that give lines a vertical, airy texture. Strokes move between rounded bowls and narrow joins, creating lively contrast between thicker downstrokes and finer connecting hairlines. Terminals tend to be tapered and slightly flicked, and many forms show gentle entry/exit strokes that help words read as continuous handwriting while still allowing some letters to sit more separately.
It works well for short to medium-length display copy where a friendly handwritten voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, quotes, labels, and lifestyle branding. In samples, it holds together cleanly in sentence case and shines most when given comfortable size and line spacing so loops and descenders can breathe.
The overall tone is personable and informal, like neat handwriting on a note or card. Its buoyant loops and light, springy movement feel upbeat and approachable rather than formal or restrained.
The design appears intended to capture a neat, modern handwritten script that feels personal and expressive while remaining readable in common phrases. Its tall proportions, looping capitals, and smooth connective strokes suggest a focus on charming display use rather than dense, small-size text.
Capitals are especially prominent, using larger loop structures and elongated stems that can become a strong visual feature at the start of words. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, rounded constructions and occasional curls that match the script’s cadence. Spacing appears intentionally uneven in a natural way, reinforcing the hand-drawn character in longer text samples.