Cursive Ponuf 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, social posts, packaging, quotes, playful, casual, friendly, lively, handmade, handwritten feel, friendly voice, casual elegance, quick script, brushy, looping, bouncy, tall ascenders, open counters.
A slanted cursive script with a brush-pen feel, showing high stroke contrast between hairline upstrokes and fuller downstrokes. Letterforms are narrow and tall with long, elastic ascenders and descenders, and a rhythmic, slightly bouncy baseline. Connections are generally smooth and flowing, while many terminals end in tapered, rounded flicks that keep the texture light. Uppercase forms are simple and upright in construction but remain calligraphic, pairing well with the more connected lowercase.
This font suits short-to-medium phrases where a handwritten voice is desirable, such as invitations, greeting cards, social media graphics, packaging accents, and pull quotes. It performs best at display sizes where the thin entry strokes and looping joins remain clear.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like quick, neat handwriting made with a flexible pen. Its looping joins and tapered finishes give it a lively, upbeat character that feels approachable rather than formal.
The design appears intended to simulate natural, everyday cursive with a brush-pen contrast, prioritizing warmth and speed of writing over formal calligraphic precision. Its narrow, tall proportions and clean joins aim to keep script text readable while still feeling personal.
Counters tend to stay open and the spacing feels airy for a script, helping words avoid looking overly dense. Numerals are similarly slender and handwritten in spirit, with simple, legible shapes that match the stroke behavior of the letters.