Cursive Farep 12 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, greeting cards, branding, packaging, elegant, romantic, airy, personal, refined, handwritten elegance, calligraphic feel, expressive caps, smooth connectivity, flowing, looped, swashy, monoline feel, graceful.
A slanted, flowing script with long ascenders and descenders, rounded bowls, and frequent looped joins that keep words moving in a continuous rhythm. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation, with hairline entry/exit strokes and fuller downstrokes that give the letters a calligraphic, pen-written character. The capitals are more expressive and open, often starting with gentle lead-in swashes and ending in soft, tapering terminals. Lowercase forms are compact with a relatively small body height and extended extenders, while spacing remains consistent enough for smooth word shapes in longer text.
Well suited to event-driven and sentiment-forward design such as invitations, wedding stationery, greeting cards, and announcements. It can also work for boutique branding, beauty/lifestyle packaging, and short headlines or pull quotes where a refined handwritten feel is desired.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, evoking handwritten notes and formal greetings rather than utilitarian text. Its light, airy construction and flowing joins suggest elegance and warmth, with a slightly whimsical, romantic flair.
The design appears intended to simulate neat, polished handwriting with a calligraphic pen influence—prioritizing fluid word shapes, expressive capitals, and elegant stroke contrast for display-oriented typography.
Several numerals adopt a script-like construction that harmonizes with the letters, maintaining the same tapering terminals and stroke modulation. The connection behavior is generally smooth, but individual characters still retain distinct silhouettes, which helps readability at display sizes.