Cursive Apbuh 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, social posts, packaging, posters, casual, playful, personal, lively, friendly, hand-lettered feel, casual branding, expressive headlines, personal tone, brushy, expressive, bouncy, looped, compact.
A compact handwritten script with brush-pen modulation and crisp, tapered terminals. Strokes alternate between thin hairlines and heavier downstrokes, with a slightly bouncy baseline and tight internal spacing that keeps word shapes narrow. Uppercase forms are tall and simplified, often built from a single flowing stroke, while lowercase letters are mostly semi-connected with open counters and frequent looped ascenders/descenders. Numerals follow the same gestural logic, with quick curves and narrow silhouettes that match the alphabet’s rhythm.
This font suits short, expressive messaging where a hand-lettered look is desirable—invites, cards, labels, and lifestyle branding. It also works well for headlines or pull quotes in digital and print, especially when set with generous line spacing to let the tall ascenders and loops breathe.
The tone is informal and personable, like quick lettering made with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its energetic stroke swings and looping forms give it a cheerful, conversational feel that reads as friendly rather than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to capture quick, confident brush handwriting with a narrow footprint, combining legible letterforms with lively pressure changes and looping gestures. It aims for an approachable, modern script voice that feels spontaneous and human.
The set emphasizes vertical momentum: long ascenders, short lowercase bodies, and tight joins create a distinctive, condensed texture in running text. Variation in stroke pressure and letter width adds a natural hand-made cadence, especially visible in repeated shapes like m/n/u and in looped letters such as g, y, and z.