Cursive Barob 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, playful, romantic, whimsical, boutique, handmade feel, calligraphic flair, decorative display, personal tone, looping, swashy, fluid, brushed, expressive.
A flowing, calligraphic script with a pronounced right slant and crisp high-contrast strokes. Letterforms are built from tapered, brush-like lines with frequent entry/exit strokes, creating a lively rhythm and occasional semi-connecting behavior in running text. Uppercase characters are more decorative and often swashed, while lowercase forms stay compact with small counters and long, smooth ascenders/descenders. Terminals are generally pointed or softly rounded, and the overall texture alternates between airy thin strokes and bold downstrokes for a refined, handwritten look.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where its high-contrast strokes and swashy capitals can shine, such as invitations, greeting cards, beauty and lifestyle branding, packaging labels, and social graphics. It can work for pull quotes or brief subheads, but the lively forms and tight interior spaces favor larger sizes over dense, small text.
The font reads as personable and stylish, balancing elegance with an informal, hand-made charm. Its sweeping capitals and bouncy rhythm give it a romantic, boutique feel suited to expressive, friendly messaging rather than strictly formal typography.
Designed to evoke modern handwritten calligraphy with a polished, fashion-forward finish, combining expressive capitals with readable, rhythmic lowercase for decorative display typography.
Spacing and stroke emphasis vary from letter to letter in a way that feels intentional and hand-driven, with standout flourishes on capitals and occasional long cross-strokes (notably in letters like t). Numerals follow the same handwritten contrast and slant, keeping the set visually consistent for short numeric accents.