Cursive Tusu 14 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, invitations, branding, headlines, packaging, elegant, personal, airy, romantic, refined, signature feel, elegant script, personal tone, display emphasis, flourished caps, looping, calligraphic, slanted, fluid, delicate.
A slender, flowing cursive with a pronounced rightward slant and smooth, continuous stroke movement. Letterforms are built from long, looping curves and tapered terminals, with a consistent pen-like rhythm and modest contrast between thick and thin parts of the stroke. Capitals are tall and expressive with sweeping entry/exit strokes, while lowercase forms stay compact with small bowls and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical drama. Spacing feels open and the overall texture is light and airy, with occasional flourish-like joins and gentle baseline movement that keeps it lively without becoming chaotic.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as signatures, invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and product packaging. It performs well in headlines and pull quotes where the tall capitals and looping connections can be appreciated; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous line spacing help maintain clarity.
The font reads as graceful and personable, combining a polished handwritten feel with a relaxed, conversational charm. Its looping forms and tall, sweeping capitals give it a romantic, boutique tone that feels more intimate than formal, and more refined than casual scribble.
The design appears intended to capture a neat, stylized handwritten signature aesthetic—smooth, fast, and confident—while retaining enough regularity to work consistently across words. Its emphasis on tall capitals, looping connections, and delicate terminals suggests a focus on elegant display typography rather than everyday text settings.
Uppercase characters lean into signature-style gestures, creating strong word shapes in display settings. Numerals follow the same cursive logic, with angled, flowing figures that match the script’s rhythm. The small x-height and long extenders make it especially sensitive to size and line spacing, rewarding generous leading.