Cursive Rakey 13 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: social posts, greeting cards, packaging, quotes, invites, friendly, casual, playful, handmade, lively, handwritten charm, friendly display, quick brush, personal tone, brushy, looping, bouncy, upright-leaning, expressive.
A brush-pen script with connected, flowing construction and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes show tapered entries and exits, with occasional heavier downstrokes that create an energetic rhythm across words. Letterforms are compact and vertically oriented with narrow counters, rounded joins, and a slightly bouncy baseline that keeps texture lively. Capitals are simplified and calligraphic, pairing tall main strokes with light connecting hairlines and modest flourishes rather than ornate swashes.
This font suits short, expressive copy such as social graphics, greeting cards, invitations, and lifestyle packaging where a handcrafted voice is desired. It performs particularly well in headings, pull quotes, and names/phrases, and can work for brief sentences when set at comfortable sizes with generous leading.
The overall tone is informal and personable, reading like quick, confident handwriting done with a flexible marker. Its contrast and brisk movement give it a cheerful, conversational feel suited to upbeat messaging rather than formal or technical contexts.
The design appears intended to capture an everyday brush-handwriting look—fluid, legible, and expressive—while keeping forms compact and consistent for easy use in contemporary display typography.
Spacing is tight and continuous, producing a dense script color that works best when given some breathing room in line spacing. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple shapes and similar contrast to the letters for consistent texture in mixed text.