Cursive Obkaz 8 is a very light, very narrow, low contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, quotes, invitations, packaging, social graphics, airy, casual, friendly, delicate, playful, handwritten warmth, personal tone, casual display, light elegance, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, long descenders, open counters.
A thin, monoline handwritten script with an upright stance and a narrow overall footprint. Strokes are clean and lightly modulated, with rounded terminals and frequent looped forms in both capitals and lowercase. Proportions emphasize tall ascenders and long descenders, while the lowercase bodies stay small, creating a lively vertical rhythm. Letterforms show natural hand-drawn irregularity and variable spacing, with generally open counters and simplified joins that keep the texture light.
Works best for short phrases, headings, and display lines where the delicate strokes and looping capitals can be appreciated. It suits greeting cards, invitations, packaging accents, and social media graphics, especially when paired with a simple sans or serif for supporting text.
The tone feels informal and personable, like quick, neat pen writing. Its light touch and looping shapes give it a gentle, whimsical character suited to friendly messaging rather than formality.
Designed to capture an authentic, lightly sketched cursive look with expressive capitals and a restrained, tidy lowercase. The intent appears focused on adding warmth and individuality to display typography while keeping the overall form readable and uncluttered.
Capitals tend to be larger and more gesture-driven, occasionally resembling outlined strokes where loops overlap, which adds personality but can create uneven color at small sizes. The numerals and punctuation match the same airy line quality, maintaining a cohesive handwritten feel across mixed-content settings.