Cursive Telar 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, social media, quotes, friendly, casual, playful, handmade, inviting, handwritten feel, friendly tone, expressive display, quick script, brushy, flowing, looped, bouncy, rounded.
A lively cursive script with a brush-pen feel, combining smooth joins with occasional breaks that keep the rhythm airy and handwritten. Strokes show rounded terminals and tapered transitions, with a forward slant and gently bouncing baseline that adds movement. Letterforms are compact and tall in proportion, with prominent ascenders/descenders and looped constructions in forms like g, y, and z. The uppercase set reads as simplified, gestural caps that pair easily with the connected lowercase.
This font works well for short-to-medium headlines where a friendly handwritten voice is desired, such as invitations, greeting cards, lifestyle branding, packaging callouts, and social graphics. It is best used at sizes where the joins and loops can remain clear, and where its lively texture can act as a primary visual element.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, like quick but confident handwriting with a touch of flair. Its energetic slant, soft curves, and looping strokes give it a cheerful, personable character suited to informal, human-centered messaging.
The design appears intended to capture the look of quick brush-script handwriting—smooth, personable, and slightly imperfect—while maintaining enough consistency to set complete phrases cleanly.
Spacing appears tight and rhythm-driven, and the joins create a continuous texture in longer words. Numerals are consistent with the script style, featuring rounded shapes and handwritten irregularities that keep them feeling integrated with the alphabet.