Cursive Forey 12 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social posts, packaging, posters, invitations, casual, playful, friendly, breezy, youthful, handwritten charm, personal tone, expressive display, quick lettering, monoline, looping, bouncy, tall ascenders, long descenders.
A slender, monoline handwriting style with a forward-leaning stance and airy spacing. Letterforms are built from quick, smooth strokes with rounded turns, open bowls, and frequent looped constructions, especially in capitals and in descenders. Proportions emphasize tall ascenders and long, swinging descenders over a notably small lowercase body, giving lines a light, buoyant rhythm. The overall texture is clean and uncluttered, with simple terminals and an organic, slightly irregular hand-drawn consistency.
Well-suited for short to medium-length display copy where a personable, handwritten voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, social media graphics, packaging callouts, and posters. It can also work for pull quotes or labels when a light, airy texture is needed, while very small sizes may reduce clarity due to the fine strokes and small lowercase body.
The tone is casual and upbeat, like neat personal handwriting used for notes or headings. Its looping gestures and buoyant slant add a friendly, approachable energy that feels informal rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, tidy cursive marker/pen lettering with an emphasis on flow and charm. By keeping strokes simple and monoline while leaning into tall proportions and looped gestures, it aims to deliver expressive, friendly word shapes for display-oriented typography.
Capitals tend to be tall and gestural, often introducing larger loops that create lively word shapes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, open forms and a consistent pen-like stroke.