Cursive Daray 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, branding, packaging, social media, quotes, friendly, casual, playful, lively, handmade, personal touch, informal script, modern handmade, brushy, rounded, bouncy, looped, smooth.
A casual cursive with a brush-pen feel, built from smooth, rounded strokes and gentle tapering at terminals. Letterforms lean forward and show a bouncy rhythm, with variable stroke width that suggests pressure changes rather than rigid geometry. Ascenders and descenders are relatively tall, while the lowercase bodies sit low, giving the text a lively vertical swing. Uppercase forms are simplified and loop-accented, designed to blend comfortably with the flowing lowercase.
This font suits short-to-medium display copy where a human touch is desirable: greeting cards, invitations, boutique branding, packaging labels, social posts, and quote graphics. It can also work for headings and pull quotes paired with a simpler text face for longer reading.
The overall tone is warm and personable, like quick, confident handwriting on a note or label. Its soft curves and springy movement read as approachable and upbeat rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to capture an easy, contemporary handwritten script—fluid and expressive, with enough consistency to typeset cleanly while preserving an informal, personal character.
Spacing and widths fluctuate in a natural handwritten way, creating an organic texture in words and lines. Numerals echo the same rounded, handwritten construction, keeping the set stylistically consistent across letters and figures.