Cursive Otbo 14 is a very light, very narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding stationery, logotypes, packaging, headlines, elegant, airy, delicate, whimsical, refined, delicate elegance, signature feel, decorative display, romantic tone, hairline, monoline feel, looping, swashy, calligraphic.
A hairline script with an airy, high-contrast feel and a distinctly vertical stance. Strokes are extremely thin with occasional pressure-like thickening on select downstrokes, giving the letterforms a drawn-with-a-pen character. Capitals are tall and often embellished with long entry strokes and looping flourishes, while lowercase forms are compact with small counters and tightly spaced, fine joins. Curves are smooth and ribbon-like, with generous ascenders/descenders and frequent open, sweeping terminals that add motion without heavy texture.
Best suited to invitations, wedding and event stationery, feminine branding, packaging accents, and short display lines where its fine strokes and swashy capitals can be appreciated. It works particularly well for names, titles, and pull quotes; for longer passages, larger sizes and ample spacing help preserve clarity.
The overall tone is graceful and romantic, leaning toward a light, couture-like elegance. Its looping forms and swashy capitals add a playful, handwritten charm while staying polished and restrained rather than exuberant or messy.
The design appears intended to capture the look of a lightly pointed pen or delicate brush script: tall, refined proportions paired with restrained contrast and expressive loops. Emphasis is placed on elegant capital forms and a graceful rhythm in mixed-case settings, favoring decorative impact over dense readability.
Texture stays very quiet at text sizes because the hairline strokes recede, and the dramatic height of capitals can dominate mixed-case settings. Numerals follow the same thin, calligraphic logic, appearing more decorative than utilitarian, which reinforces the font’s display-leaning personality.