Cursive Benum 12 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, social posts, packaging, quotes, friendly, casual, playful, whimsical, crafty, handwritten warmth, casual charm, everyday script, friendly display, monoline feel, looping, bouncy baseline, rounded terminals, airy.
A lively handwritten script with smooth, loop-driven forms and a lightly textured, pen-drawn regularity. Strokes read as mostly monoline with subtle thick–thin modulation and rounded ends, creating an open, airy color on the line. Letterforms show a bouncy rhythm with gentle swells, occasional extended entry/exit strokes, and simplified joins that keep counters open and shapes legible. Capitals are tall and expressive, while lowercase forms stay compact with prominent ascenders and tidy, looped descenders in letters like g, y, and z.
Well-suited to short-to-medium copy where a friendly handwritten voice is desired, such as greeting cards, invitations, social media graphics, labels, and boutique packaging. It also works nicely for pull quotes, headings, and signature-style accents when you want a casual, human touch.
The font conveys an approachable, personal tone—like neat everyday handwriting with a hint of flourish. Its looping forms and buoyant rhythm feel upbeat and informal, lending warmth and charm without becoming overly ornate.
Designed to emulate clean, modern cursive handwriting with an expressive but controlled rhythm. The intention appears to balance charm and legibility through open counters, restrained contrast, and consistent loop motifs across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
The set mixes connected-script tendencies with occasional breaks between letters, which helps readability in longer phrases while preserving a handwritten flow. Numerals are simple and handwritten in spirit, matching the rounded stroke endings and slightly elastic proportions of the letters.