Cursive Dupu 15 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, logotypes, invitations, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, personal, airy, graceful, signature feel, handwritten elegance, display script, personal tone, looping, slanted, calligraphic, monoline, delicate.
A flowing, slanted script with a pen-written character and delicate, looping forms. Strokes stay mostly even in thickness with subtle swelling at curves and terminals, creating a clean, airy rhythm. Letterforms are narrow and lively, with extended ascenders/descenders and frequent entrance/exit strokes that encourage connection, while capitals add larger, gestural swashes. Spacing is moderately open for a script, helping individual letters remain legible despite the brisk, handwritten movement.
Best suited to short, prominent text such as logos, boutique branding, invitations, greeting cards, and packaging where its swashes and slant can be appreciated. It also works well for pull quotes or display headlines, while longer paragraphs may benefit from generous line spacing to accommodate the tall ascenders and descenders.
The overall tone feels refined and personable—like a neat signature or an elegant note written quickly with confidence. Its light touch and sweeping capitals give it a romantic, boutique sensibility rather than a casual doodle feel.
Designed to emulate graceful, fast cursive handwriting with a signature-like flair. The intent appears to balance elegance and readability by keeping strokes clean and consistent while relying on rhythm, slant, and swashed capitals for personality.
The uppercase set is especially expressive, with long lead-in strokes and curved cross-strokes that can create dramatic word shapes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, staying slender and slightly irregular, which reinforces the authentic pen-script impression.