Cursive Lobab 12 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, logotypes, elegant, airy, romantic, refined, personal, signature feel, formal charm, expressive display, handwritten realism, calligraphic, fluid, swashy, looping, slanted.
A flowing, calligraphic script with a pronounced rightward slant and a pen-like rhythm. Strokes are thin and clean with subtle thick–thin modulation, giving the letterforms a crisp, ink-on-paper feel. The capitals are tall and expressive, often built from long entry strokes and open counters, while the lowercase stays compact with quick joins and occasional extended ascenders/descenders. Overall spacing is tight and the texture is lively, with gently varied widths and a consistent, swift baseline movement.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where its swashes and slender strokes can breathe: wedding stationery, invitations, beauty/fashion branding, boutique packaging, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for pull quotes or headlines when paired with a quieter text face for contrast.
The tone feels intimate and polished—like a fast, confident signature that still reads as considered. Its light touch and long, sweeping forms lend a romantic, upscale mood suited to personal messages and tasteful branding.
Designed to emulate stylish cursive handwriting with a graceful, signature-like cadence. The goal appears to be a balance of legibility and flourish—providing expressive capitals and lively joins while maintaining an overall clean, streamlined silhouette.
Several forms feature generous loops and long cross-strokes (notably in letters like T and f), creating distinctive word shapes. Numerals and capitals share the same handwritten energy, with rounded curves and slight flourish that can become a focal point at display sizes.