Cursive Bydul 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, packaging, social media, quotes, branding, friendly, casual, playful, personal, approachable, handwritten warmth, casual emphasis, signature feel, expressive tone, monoline, bouncy, loopy, rounded, quirky.
A lively handwritten script with a right-leaning posture, narrow overall footprint, and monoline strokes that show small, natural pen-pressure swell in curves and terminals. Letterforms are compact with short lowercase bodies and tall, prominent ascenders, while rounded bowls and open counters keep the texture airy. Curves dominate, with occasional sharp joins and long, sweeping entry/exit strokes that create an uneven, human rhythm. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a drawn-by-hand feel and giving words a slightly bouncing baseline presence.
Best suited for short to medium headlines where a friendly, handcrafted voice is desired—such as greeting cards, invitations, labels and packaging, social posts, and quote graphics. It also works well for branding accents and signature-style callouts, especially when paired with a clean sans for body text.
The tone is informal and personable, like quick notes written with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its looping forms and animated rhythm feel upbeat and conversational, leaning more playful than formal or corporate.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, natural cursive writing with a narrow, efficient stroke and expressive loops, prioritizing personality and flow over rigid consistency. Its compact lowercase and tall extenders help create an energetic vertical rhythm while keeping lines of text relatively tight.
Capitals tend to be simplified and gestural, with several letters using single-stroke, calligraphic constructions rather than typographic symmetry. Descenders on letters like g, j, p, and y are long and fluid, and the numerals follow the same handwritten logic with rounded shapes and varied proportions.