Cursive Banuw 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, friendly, playful, casual, handmade, lively, handwritten realism, expressive display, casual elegance, approachability, looped, brushed, bouncy, rounded, slanted.
A lively, slanted script with a brush-pen feel and clearly modulated stroke contrast. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with rounded turns, tapered terminals, and frequent looped joins that create a continuous handwritten rhythm. Ascenders are tall and expressive, while the lowercase maintains a relatively compact body with prominent entry and exit strokes that vary in length. Capitals are flourished but readable, mixing open curves and soft cross-strokes to keep the texture light despite the dark downstrokes.
Well suited to short-to-medium display settings where a friendly handwritten voice is desired, such as logos, product labels, café menus, quotes, and social posts. It can also work for invitation-style materials and headers, especially when paired with a simple sans for supporting text.
The overall tone is warm and personable, like quick, confident handwriting used for notes or signage. Its bouncy rhythm and looping connections give it an upbeat, approachable character, leaning more contemporary-casual than formal calligraphy.
The design appears intended to mimic fluid brush handwriting in a polished, repeatable form, balancing expressive loops and connecting strokes with clear letter recognition. It prioritizes an energetic, personable texture for display typography while maintaining enough consistency to set full sentences.
Stroke joins show a natural pen pressure pattern, with thicker downstrokes and finer hairlines in curves and connectors. Spacing appears comfortable for a script, though the extended swashes on certain capitals and letters can create a more decorative silhouette in headlines. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with rounded forms and mild slant, keeping the set consistent with the alphabet.