Cursive Otba 7 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, logotypes, headlines, packaging, airy, elegant, whimsical, personal, delicate, signature feel, refined note, graceful display, personal voice, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, long descenders, loose baseline.
A delicate handwritten script with tall, slender proportions and a lightly slanted, fast-pen rhythm. Strokes are thin and crisp with noticeable thick–thin modulation, and curves are drawn with open, looping turns rather than rigid geometry. Letterforms feel loosely connected in word settings, with occasional breaks that preserve a natural handwriting cadence. Ascenders and descenders are long and expressive, while the lowercase bodies stay compact, creating a pronounced vertical contrast between small x-height and extended strokes.
Well-suited for invitations, greeting cards, beauty or boutique branding, and packaging where a refined handwritten voice is desired. It works best in headlines, short phrases, and logo-style applications where the thin strokes and tall loops can breathe; larger sizes help preserve clarity in the finer joins and terminals.
The overall tone is intimate and graceful, like a neat personal note or a refined signature. Its light touch and looping forms add a gentle, romantic charm, while the narrow spacing and tall structure keep it feeling poised rather than playful-chaotic.
Designed to capture the look of an elegant, lightly connected handwriting style with a signature-like flow and expressive vertical strokes. The compact lowercase paired with elongated ascenders/descenders suggests an emphasis on graceful rhythm and a distinctive personal tone for display typography.
Caps are especially prominent and decorative, with simplified, single-stroke constructions and occasional swash-like entry/exit strokes. Numerals follow the same airy handwritten logic, with rounded forms and thin terminals that suit display sizes better than dense text. The texture in sample lines reads as bright and spacious, emphasizing line rhythm and ascender/descender movement.