Cursive Dagaz 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, quotes, packaging, social posts, invites, friendly, casual, playful, personal, lively, handwritten realism, approachability, informal tone, quick notes, expressive script, looping, bouncy, rounded, monoline, inked.
A lively, handwritten script with a quick pen rhythm and gently slanted forms. Strokes read as mostly monoline with subtle pressure changes, rounded terminals, and frequent loops in ascenders and descenders. The letterforms are compact and tall, with a relatively small x-height and long, fluid extenders that create a vertical, elastic texture. Spacing and widths vary naturally, and connections appear often in lowercase, while capitals stay more upright and simplified for legibility.
Well-suited to short to medium-length text where an informal, human touch is desired—greeting cards, invitations, stickers and labels, lifestyle packaging, and social media graphics. It can also work for friendly headings or pull quotes, especially when generous line spacing is used to accommodate the long extenders.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, like a neat personal note or journal entry. Its bouncy motion and informal joins give it an approachable, upbeat character without feeling overly decorative.
The design appears intended to capture the spontaneity of real handwriting while remaining readable and consistent across a full alphabet and figures. Its narrow, compact forms and flowing loops aim to provide an expressive script voice that feels personal and contemporary.
Ascenders on letters like b, d, h, l and the descenders on g, j, p, q, y are prominent and looped, contributing to the font’s signature flow. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, staying simple and narrow to match the text color and maintain continuity in mixed settings.