Cursive Malu 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, social ads, album art, energetic, casual, confident, expressive, urban, handmade feel, dynamic lettering, gritty texture, attention grab, brushy, dry-brush, textured, slanted, bouncy.
A slanted brush-script with chunky, pressure-shaped strokes and visible dry-brush texture along curves and terminals. Letterforms show a quick, calligraphic rhythm with tapered entries, occasional blunt cutoffs, and slightly irregular stroke edges that mimic a real marker or brush. Proportions are compact with a lively baseline bounce, and spacing feels handwritten rather than mechanically even, with capitals built from bold, sweeping gestures.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, social graphics, and branding accents where texture and motion are desirable. It can also work for punchy quotes or product names at moderate-to-large sizes, where the dry-brush detail remains clear.
The tone is fast, spirited, and informal—more like a confident handwritten note or a dynamic brush tag than a polished formal script. Its roughened texture adds grit and immediacy, while the broad strokes keep it assertive and attention-grabbing.
Likely intended to capture the look of fast brush lettering—bold, textured, and slightly imperfect—so designers can add human energy and immediacy to display typography without losing legibility.
Uppercase forms read as standalone display initials with strong diagonal movement, while lowercase maintains a loose cursive flow that can alternate between connected and separated shapes depending on letter pairing. Numerals follow the same brush logic, mixing rounded forms with sharp angled cuts for a consistent, hand-drawn feel.