Cursive Sikod 4 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, posters, social graphics, playful, friendly, handcrafted, casual, lively, handmade feel, expressive display, friendly voice, signature style, brushy, textured, rounded, bouncy, expressive.
A bold, brush-pen script with visibly modulated strokes, alternating between thick downstrokes and finer entry/exit strokes. Letterforms are upright with a slightly bouncy baseline and irregular, hand-drawn terminals that vary between tapered flicks and softly blunted ends. Counters are generally open and rounded, and the alphabet shows natural variation in stroke width and shape that keeps the texture lively rather than mechanically uniform. Capitals are prominent and gestural, while lowercase forms stay compact with short extenders and simple loops.
Best suited for display applications where a friendly, handwritten voice is desired—such as branding accents, packaging callouts, posters, social media graphics, and short pull quotes. It performs particularly well at medium to large sizes where the brush contrast and textured terminals remain clear and expressive.
The overall tone is warm, casual, and personable, evoking quick marker lettering or a confident brush signature. Its energetic rhythm and imperfect edges read as approachable and handmade, lending a cheerful, conversational feel to headlines and short phrases.
The design appears intended to capture the spontaneity of hand-lettered brush writing while staying readable in set text, using consistent contrast patterns and rounded shapes to maintain clarity. Its emphasis on bold strokes, expressive caps, and lively rhythm suggests a focus on attention-grabbing, personable display typography.
The sample text demonstrates strong word-shape momentum with occasional loose joining behavior and generous interior spacing that helps prevent dark clumping at larger sizes. Numerals and capitals share the same brush texture and weight, supporting cohesive, display-forward typography.