Cursive Tikuy 8 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social media, headlines, branding, casual, energetic, friendly, brushy, youthful, handmade feel, quick lettering, approachable tone, display impact, rounded, monolinear, bouncy, organic, slanted.
A compact, brush-pen script with a strong rightward slant and narrow proportions. Strokes appear pressure-shaped, with tapered starts and finishes, rounded joins, and occasional heavier downstrokes that add snap without becoming highly calligraphic. Letterforms are simplified and legible, with soft terminals and a slightly bouncy baseline rhythm; capitals are upright-leaning and assertive, while lowercase forms stay tight and streamlined with short extenders and small counters.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where a handwritten voice is desired: posters, packaging callouts, café menus, social media graphics, and brand wordmarks. It can work for emphasis within layouts, but the dense, narrow shapes and brush texture favor larger sizes over long passages of small body text.
The overall tone is informal and upbeat, like quick marker lettering used for notes, posters, or social captions. Its lively rhythm and confident stroke weight give it an energetic, personable feel rather than a refined or ceremonial one.
Designed to mimic fast, confident brush lettering with a compact footprint, balancing expressive stroke movement with straightforward readability. The forms prioritize momentum and personality, suggesting use in contemporary, casual branding and promotional typography.
Spacing looks naturally irregular in a hand-drawn way, helping words feel connected and fluent even when individual letters don’t strictly join. The numerals match the same brisk, brushy construction and maintain the font’s narrow, punchy color in text.