Cursive Ryse 1 is a regular weight, narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social posts, invitations, headlines, casual, expressive, playful, friendly, handmade, handwritten authenticity, friendly tone, brush lettering, casual display, brushy, loopy, lively, bouncy, inked.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with pronounced thick–thin modulation and tapered entry/exit strokes. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded bowls, open counters, and occasional looped joins that create a flowing rhythm without fully connecting every character. Capitals are tall and gestural with simplified calligraphic construction, while lowercase shows a bouncy baseline, variable stroke pressure, and soft, ink-like terminals that mimic real pen lift and direction changes.
This typeface performs best for short to medium display text such as logos, product packaging, social media graphics, invitations, and cheerful headline treatments. It can also work for pull quotes or labels where a handmade, personal voice is desired and generous spacing helps preserve clarity.
The font reads warm and personable, combining energetic movement with an informal handwritten polish. Its rhythmic swashes and pressure changes give it a lively, upbeat tone suited to approachable, human-centric messaging.
The design appears intended to capture the look of quick, confident brush lettering—balancing legibility with expressive stroke dynamics and a naturally varied handwritten cadence.
Stroke contrast and connection behavior vary from glyph to glyph, which enhances the natural handwritten feel. Numerals and punctuation-like forms follow the same brush logic, with curved spines and tapered ends that maintain visual continuity across mixed text.