Cursive Anraz 2 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, packaging, social graphics, quotes, whimsical, friendly, casual, playful, crafty, personal tone, handwritten charm, space-saving, display flair, casual elegance, monoline feel, looping, bouncy, airy, hand-drawn.
A slender handwritten script with tall ascenders and compact lowercase bodies, producing a distinctly vertical, space-efficient rhythm. Strokes taper subtly at joins and terminals, with occasional thicker downstrokes that add a gentle calligraphic snap without looking formal. Letterforms alternate between lightly connected cursive and separated characters, and many glyphs feature small loops (notably in descenders and capitals), giving the line a lively, bouncing baseline. Overall spacing is on the tight side and the forms are narrow, helping words stack neatly while keeping an informal hand-rendered texture.
Works well for short display text where a personal, handwritten voice is desirable—greeting cards, invitations, tags, and boutique packaging. It also suits social media graphics and pull quotes when set with ample line spacing to accommodate the tall ascenders and deep descenders. For longer passages, larger sizes help preserve clarity as the narrow proportions and compact lowercase can reduce readability.
The tone is approachable and lightly whimsical, like quick notes written with a fine pen. It feels personable and crafty rather than polished, with enough flourish in the capitals and descenders to suggest charm without becoming ornate. The overall impression is cheerful and conversational.
The design appears intended to capture an informal, pen-written cursive with a slim footprint and lively loops. Its emphasis on tall capitals, expressive extenders, and gently tapered terminals suggests a goal of adding personality and charm to headlines and short phrases while remaining relatively clean and legible.
Capitals are notably tall and expressive, often built from simple stems plus a single loop or curl, which helps them read clearly at display sizes. Numerals are similarly slim and handwritten in character, with simple shapes and open counters that match the letterforms. The contrast between long extenders and small x-height creates a distinctive, airy word silhouette.