Cursive Maky 8 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, posters, quotes, expressive, playful, elegant, vintage, personal, handcrafted feel, expressive emphasis, retro charm, casual elegance, brushy, calligraphic, slanted, fluid, textured.
A lively brush-script design with a pronounced rightward slant and visibly modulated stroke contrast. Letterforms are built from tapered, calligraphic strokes that swell and pinch like a pressure-sensitive pen, creating sharp terminals and occasional ink-like texture. The rhythm is quick and energetic, with compact proportions and tight counters that keep words dense while still readable. Capitals are decorative but not overly flourished, and the numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic with open curves and tapered endings.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text where its energetic texture and contrast can be appreciated—headlines, logos, packaging callouts, invitations, and social graphics. It can work in sentence-case for punchy statements, but dense paragraphs may feel busy due to the compact forms and strong stroke modulation.
The overall tone feels personable and upbeat, like quick handwritten lettering used for emphasis. Its brushy contrast and italic motion add a touch of romance and retro charm, balancing casual informality with a slightly polished, sign-painter vibe.
The design appears intended to emulate natural brush or marker lettering with a confident, fast hand, delivering expressive emphasis and a handcrafted feel. It aims to provide an informal script voice that still reads cleanly in typical display sizes.
Stroke joins and terminals retain a hand-made character, with subtle irregularities that enhance authenticity rather than looking geometric. The slant and contrast produce strong word shapes, especially in mixed-case settings where the lowercase provides a flowing baseline cadence.