Cursive Ufkik 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, quotes, casual, lively, friendly, energetic, personal, handwritten feel, expressive display, personal tone, quick brush stroke, brushy, slanted, looping, fluid, monoline-ish.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with lively stroke rhythm and subtly tapered terminals. Letterforms show a mix of joined and unjoined connections, with frequent entry/exit strokes that create a continuous handwritten flow in words. Strokes are generally smooth and rounded, with occasional sharper turns and slight width modulation that mimics pressure changes. Proportions are compact and upright-to-slanted with tight sidebearings, while uppercase forms are taller and more expressive, often featuring extended lead-in strokes.
Well-suited to short to medium-length display copy where a handwritten voice is desired—brand marks, packaging callouts, posters, social graphics, and pull quotes. It works best at larger sizes where the brisk joins and tapered ends remain clear, and where a casual, human tone is more important than strict typographic regularity.
The overall tone feels informal and personable, like quick, confident handwriting. Its brisk slant and brushy motion give it an energetic, upbeat character that reads as friendly and contemporary rather than formal or calligraphic.
The design appears intended to emulate natural brush handwriting with a fast, expressive cadence, balancing legibility with an unmistakably personal, hand-drawn texture for modern display use.
Uppercase letters have a notably gestural presence, with simplified, signature-like shapes that stand out in short headings. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same quick handwritten logic, with rounded forms and occasional looped details that reinforce the pen-drawn feel.