Cursive Balul 9 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, branding, social posts, packaging, friendly, playful, casual, handcrafted, lively, handwritten warmth, decorative caps, casual elegance, personal tone, looping, bouncy, monoline feel, tapered, swashy.
A lively handwritten script with a rightward slant and a bouncy baseline rhythm. Strokes show calligraphic behavior, with tapered terminals and occasional thicker downstrokes, creating a crisp, high-contrast feel despite an overall pen-drawn simplicity. Letterforms are narrow and tall with a relatively small x-height, and many capitals feature prominent loops and gentle swashes. Connections between lowercase letters are implied by the cursive structure, while spacing and widths vary naturally, reinforcing the drawn-by-hand character.
Well-suited for short to medium display settings where personality is the priority—greeting cards, invitations, boutique branding, product labels, and social media graphics. It also works for pull quotes or headings when a casual, handwritten voice is desired, while longer paragraphs may need generous size and spacing to maintain clarity.
The overall tone is warm and personable, with an informal charm that feels conversational and lightly whimsical. Its looping capitals and soft curves read as inviting rather than formal, giving text an upbeat, handcrafted personality.
Designed to mimic quick, confident cursive handwriting with added elegance in the capitals, balancing legibility with decorative loops. The intent appears to be an approachable script for display use that brings a personal, handcrafted feel to titles and highlights.
Capitals are especially decorative, with distinctive looped entries and exits that can add flourish in short words or initials. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with rounded shapes and subtle stroke modulation that keeps them consistent with the script style.