Cursive Nidup 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: social captions, packaging, greeting cards, posters, branding, casual, friendly, playful, breezy, human, informal voice, handmade feel, friendly branding, quick writing, casual display, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, bouncy baseline, loose spacing.
A lively handwritten script with a monoline feel and a rightward slant, showing the cadence of quick pen strokes. Letterforms are tall and slender, with long ascenders and descenders and a notably small lowercase body, giving the text a light, airy vertical rhythm. Strokes are rounded with soft terminals, occasional looped entries/exits, and slight irregularities in curvature that reinforce a natural, hand-drawn consistency. Capitals read like simplified pen-written forms—open, narrow, and slightly springy—while lowercase shapes stay compact with dotted i/j and narrow counters.
Works best for short-to-medium display text where a human, informal voice is desired: social media graphics, product packaging, café or boutique signage, greeting cards, and playful brand accents. It can also serve as a secondary script for headings, pull quotes, or labels when paired with a neutral sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is relaxed and personable, like informal notes or a friendly caption written with a felt-tip pen. Its narrow, upright-to-leaning flow and gentle loops make it feel energetic without becoming noisy, lending a cheerful, approachable voice.
The font appears designed to capture quick, everyday handwriting with a clean monoline stroke and a narrow, vertical emphasis. Its small lowercase and long extenders suggest an aim for expressive, compact word shapes that stay legible while preserving an unmistakably hand-made personality.
The design maintains a consistent stroke thickness while letting individual letters vary in width and gesture, which adds charm and a conversational texture. Numerals are simple and handwritten in the same slender style, blending naturally with the alphabet rather than appearing rigid or engineered.