Cursive Deruf 16 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, quotes, romantic, graceful, airy, personal, whimsical, elegant script, handwritten charm, expressive display, signature feel, looping, calligraphic, flourished, slanted, delicate.
A flowing script with an energetic rightward slant and a distinctly calligraphic stroke pattern. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry and exit strokes, with frequent loops in ascenders and capitals and tapered terminals that suggest quick pen movement. Strokes shift from hairline connections to fuller downstrokes, and spacing stays open enough to keep words legible even when letters connect. Uppercase forms are larger and more ornamental than the lowercase, creating a lively rhythm in mixed-case settings, while numerals follow the same cursive construction and angled stress.
Well suited to invitations, greeting cards, and short display lines where its flourished capitals can shine. It can work for boutique branding and packaging accents, signatures, and pull quotes, especially when set with generous leading to accommodate tall ascenders and deep descenders.
The overall tone is elegant and personable, with a light, breezy feel that reads as handwritten rather than formal engraving. Its looping capitals and swashy joins add a touch of romance and whimsy, making it feel expressive and intimate.
The design appears intended to capture an elegant everyday handwriting look with calligraphic contrast and expressive capitals, prioritizing charm and motion over strict uniformity. It aims to provide a graceful script voice for display-focused typography in personal or celebratory contexts.
Connections vary naturally from letter to letter, so texture across a line feels organic rather than mechanically uniform. Descenders and ascenders are notably long, which adds drama but can require extra line spacing in multi-line settings.