Cursive Wiha 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, social posts, posters, casual, energetic, friendly, expressive, modern, handwritten feel, signature style, casual display, expressive tone, brushy, slanted, looping, airy, wiry.
A slanted, handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and quick, tapered terminals. Strokes show noticeable pressure changes, with thicker downstrokes and finer connecting strokes, giving an organic rhythm across words. Letterforms are compact and tall relative to their lowercase height, with narrow proportions, open counters, and frequent entry/exit flicks that create a lively, forward-moving texture. Connections are intermittent rather than fully continuous, so many letters read as cursive while still preserving distinct shapes.
Best suited to short-form display work where personality matters: branding marks, packaging callouts, posters, and social media graphics. It also works for quotes or subheads when set with generous spacing and used at larger sizes to preserve the delicate joins and tapered details.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like fast, confident note-taking or a signature-style headline. Its brisk slant, sharp flicks, and slightly irregular stroke endings add energy and spontaneity, while the consistent rhythm keeps it approachable and legible at display sizes.
The design appears intended to capture a contemporary brush-script handwriting look—quick, stylish, and expressive—while maintaining enough consistency to function as a dependable display face across a range of short texts.
Ascenders and capitals are prominent and gestural, helping the font project personality in titles. The numeral set follows the same handwritten logic with simplified forms and angled stress, keeping the texture consistent in mixed text.