Cursive Nylab 17 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, quotes, social media, packaging, friendly, whimsical, personal, casual, airy, handwritten realism, friendly tone, casual elegance, personalization, monoline, looping, bouncy, tall ascenders, soft terminals.
A monoline, handwritten script with a gentle rightward slant and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes are thin and smooth with rounded terminals, mixing simple upright forms with occasional loops and modest flourishes. Proportions favor tall ascenders and descenders, while lowercase bowls and counters stay compact, giving the texture a light, airy feel. Spacing is loose and naturalistic, and the letterforms vary subtly in width and gesture, reinforcing an organic, pen-drawn character.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where a personal, handwritten feel is desired—greeting cards, invitations, quotes, social graphics, and light branding or packaging accents. It works particularly well at display sizes where the thin strokes and loops remain clear and expressive.
The overall tone is warm and approachable, with a playful, diary-like informality. Its looping joins and buoyant vertical movement read as cheerful and conversational rather than formal or restrained.
Designed to emulate quick, neat cursive written with a fine pen—legible and friendly, but intentionally imperfect to preserve a human, spontaneous cadence. The emphasis appears to be on charm and fluency over typographic rigidity.
Uppercase forms are simplified and slender, often echoing single-stroke constructions, while lowercase includes prominent loops (notably in letters like g, j, y, and z) that add personality. Numerals follow the same thin, handwritten logic, with open shapes and minimal ornamentation to stay consistent with the script voice.