Cursive Ponin 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, greeting cards, social media, invitations, friendly, casual, playful, romantic, handmade, handwritten charm, friendly display, modern script, looping, bouncy, monoline feel, brushy, swashy.
A lively cursive script with a pronounced rightward slant and a calligraphic, pen-drawn rhythm. Strokes show noticeable contrast between thicker downstrokes and finer hairline turns, with rounded terminals and frequent looped joins. Forms are tall and slightly compressed, with long ascenders/descenders and a relatively small x-height that gives the lowercase an airy, vertical feel. Capitals are more expressive and varied, featuring open bowls and occasional swashy entry/exit strokes, while numerals keep the same handwritten cadence with simple, flowing shapes.
This font is well suited to short-to-medium display text where an approachable handwritten voice is desired—logos and small-brand wordmarks, boutique packaging, invitations and announcements, greeting cards, quotes, and social graphics. It performs best when given room to breathe, especially for mixed-case headlines and names.
The overall tone is warm and personable, reading like quick, confident handwriting polished for display. Its looping connections and elastic spacing create a light, upbeat mood with a touch of elegance rather than formality.
The design appears intended to mimic fluent, modern cursive handwriting with a refined, calligraphic contrast, balancing charm and readability for expressive display settings.
Letter connections are common but not uniformly continuous, creating a natural, handwritten texture and slight irregularity in spacing. The design favors smooth curves and open counters, helping it stay legible at headline sizes while retaining a hand-made character.