Cursive Ifby 9 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, invitations, quotes, casual, friendly, lively, personal, playful, handwritten feel, casual warmth, quick script, expressive display, brushy, looping, slanted, fluid, expressive.
A slanted, brush-pen script with lively rhythm and visibly tapered stroke ends. Letterforms are compact and upright-to-right-leaning, with medium stroke modulation and occasional heavier downstrokes that create a hand-applied texture. Caps are simplified and open, while lowercase forms lean on narrow counters, long ascenders/descenders, and frequent looped constructions (notably in g, j, y). Terminals are soft and rounded with slight irregularities that keep the line organic rather than mechanically consistent.
Works well for short to medium-length display settings where an approachable handwritten voice is desired, such as branding accents, packaging callouts, social posts, invitations, and quote graphics. It’s particularly effective for headlines, names, and emphasis lines where the slanted cursive motion can carry the design.
The overall tone feels informal and personable, like quick but confident handwriting with a touch of flair. It reads as energetic and upbeat, balancing legibility with a spontaneous, human cadence.
Designed to emulate a quick brush-script signature style: fluid, compact, and expressive, with enough structure to stay readable while preserving the natural variability of handwriting.
Spacing and widths vary subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a natural handwritten flow in text. Numerals follow the same slanted, brushy logic, with simple, single-stroke gestures and rounded joins that match the alphabet’s movement.