Cursive Dagab 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: social media, packaging, greeting cards, posters, invitations, playful, casual, friendly, handmade, lively, handwritten charm, friendly tone, casual branding, expressive headlines, craft aesthetic, brushy, rounded, bouncy, loopy, informal.
A lively handwritten script with brush-pen character, showing rounded forms, tapered stroke endings, and a gently slanted rhythm. Letter shapes are compact and narrow with variable letter widths, giving lines a quick, sketched cadence rather than a rigid pattern. Strokes fluctuate subtly in thickness, with soft joins, open counters, and occasional looped constructions in both uppercase and lowercase. Numerals and capitals match the same freehand energy, with simplified forms and slightly irregular baselines that reinforce the natural written feel.
This font is well suited to short, expressive copy such as social posts, packaging labels, café menus, invitations, and greeting cards where a personal voice matters. It also works for poster headlines and branding accents that want a handmade feel, especially when set with ample breathing room.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, like a quick note written with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its bouncy movement and soft curves read as approachable and informal, leaning toward a crafty, DIY warmth rather than polished formality.
The design appears intended to capture natural brush handwriting in a usable, consistent alphabet—keeping the spontaneity of hand-drawn strokes while maintaining enough regularity for repeated text. It emphasizes personality, motion, and casual readability over strict geometric precision.
Uppercase forms behave more like expressive, simplified script capitals than formal display initials, and the lowercase maintains a consistent pen-drawn texture. Spacing and stroke endings feel intentionally organic, which helps it look authentic in short phrases and headline-style settings.