Cursive Vama 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, invitations, expressive, handmade, casual, lively, playful, personal, energetic, attention, brushy, tapered, inky, textured, gestural.
The letterforms are slanted with a brush-pen character: tapered entries, thicker downstrokes, and occasional dry-brush roughness at stroke ends. Strokes have an energetic, slightly jittery baseline and a loosely connected cursive flow in the lowercase, while capitals remain bold and gestural. Counters are compact and the overall texture is dark and inky, with visible variation in stroke width that suggests pressure changes from hand movement.
It works well for branding accents, packaging, posters, social graphics, and editorial pull quotes where a personal, brush-lettered voice is desired. The style is especially effective for headlines, signatures, and short callouts, and can add warmth to invitations or event materials when used with generous spacing and clean supporting type.
This face reads as lively and personal, with the spontaneity of quick brush lettering. The rhythm feels upbeat and conversational rather than formal, lending an expressive, human tone that can swing from playful to slightly dramatic depending on size and spacing.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, confident handwriting made with a brush pen, prioritizing personality and motion over typographic neutrality. Its strong stroke modulation and lively irregularities aim to create a handcrafted feel that stands out in short phrases and display settings.
Uppercase forms are tall and simplified with occasional serif-like flicks, while the lowercase shows more looping and connection tendencies, creating a mixed-case contrast that can add emphasis in titles. Numerals follow the same brush rhythm and tapering, keeping the set visually consistent in display use.