Cursive Umbay 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, branding, packaging, invitations, headlines, elegant, airy, playful, personal, vintage, handwritten elegance, signature feel, expressive display, compact wordmarks, brushy, looping, swashy, slanted, lively.
A lively brush-script with a pronounced rightward slant and crisp, high-contrast strokes. Letterforms are narrow and tall, with compact bowls and long, tapered entry/exit strokes that create a quick handwritten rhythm. Many capitals feature generous loops and occasional swash-like extensions, while lowercase shapes stay compact with a notably short x-height and long ascenders/descenders. Counters are small and the joins feel fluid, with ends finishing in sharp, calligraphic points rather than blunt terminals.
Best suited for display settings where its narrow, brushy texture and looping capitals can shine—such as boutique branding, product packaging, event invitations, and short headlines. It also works well for signature-style accents, pull quotes, and social graphics when set at larger sizes to preserve the delicate joins and tapered terminals.
The overall tone is expressive and personable, balancing refinement with a casual, handwritten spontaneity. Its looping capitals and brisk, tapered strokes give it a slightly vintage, signature-like charm that reads as upbeat and crafted rather than formal.
Designed to evoke quick, confident handwriting with a calligraphic brush feel, pairing compact lowercase forms with more expressive capitals for emphasis. The goal appears to be an elegant but approachable script that delivers personality and motion in a small amount of text.
In continuous text the tight proportions and small counters create a dense, energetic texture, especially where tall strokes repeat. The numeral set follows the same narrow, brushy logic, with simple, flowing forms that visually match the script’s slant and contrast.