Cursive Radev 8 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, packaging, social posts, branding, friendly, playful, breezy, casual, crafty, handwritten warmth, casual elegance, expressive display, craft aesthetic, brushy, looping, swashy, rounded, lively.
A lively connected script with a brush-pen feel, showing pronounced thick–thin modulation and softly tapered stroke endings. Letterforms are slightly right-leaning with narrow, upright proportions and a rhythmic, handwritten irregularity that keeps the line from feeling mechanical. Ascenders are tall and looped, descenders are compact and curving, and joins are smooth but not overly tight, preserving open counters and clear word shapes. Capitals are larger and more expressive, with occasional entry/exit swashes that add movement without overwhelming the texture.
Well-suited to short to medium-length display text such as invitations, greeting cards, product packaging, café menus, social media graphics, and lifestyle branding. It performs best when given generous tracking or line spacing, allowing its loops and contrast to stay crisp and legible at headline sizes.
The overall tone is personable and upbeat, like quick confident handwriting on a card or label. Its loops and brushy contrast give it an artisanal, welcoming character that feels informal and approachable rather than formal or ceremonial.
Designed to emulate expressive everyday brush handwriting, balancing decorative loops and swashy capitals with readable joins and open shapes for practical use in display copy.
The texture becomes more animated in mixed-case settings where tall ascenders and varied terminal shapes create a bouncy baseline rhythm. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with curvy forms and tapered strokes that match the script’s energy.