Cursive Abbuf 12 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, greeting cards, quotes, casual, playful, handmade, airy, friendly, personal voice, expressive headings, handwritten charm, casual elegance, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, bouncy baseline, open counters.
A lively handwritten script with a loose, pen-drawn rhythm and a pronounced rightward slant. Strokes move between fine hairlines and slightly thicker downstrokes, creating a sketchy, organic texture with occasional tapering terminals and light overlaps. Letterforms are tall and compact with narrow proportions, long ascenders, and small lowercase bodies, while spacing and widths vary naturally from character to character. The overall construction favors open bowls and simple joins, with select capitals featuring prominent loops and sweeping entry/exit strokes.
Well-suited for short to medium lines where a personal, crafted voice is desired—brand marks, product labels, invitations, greeting cards, and quote graphics. It also works nicely for social posts and lifestyle headings, especially when paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting copy.
The font reads as informal and personable, like quick notes written with a confident hand. Its tall, buoyant shapes and looping capitals add a whimsical, youthful energy, while the lighter touch keeps the tone relaxed rather than heavy or formal.
Designed to capture the immediacy of real handwriting: quick, flowing, and slightly irregular, with enough consistency to feel cohesive in words and phrases. The emphasis appears to be on expressive capitals and an airy, slender texture that keeps compositions light and approachable.
Capitals tend to be more expressive than the lowercase, with a few signature looped forms that stand out in headings. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, mixing simple curves and occasional flourishes, which helps them blend with text rather than feeling strictly tabular or engineered.