Cursive Riliz 8 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, headlines, greeting cards, social graphics, quotes, friendly, playful, casual, crafty, approachable, handwritten warmth, casual branding, display legibility, playful voice, rounded, bouncy, loopy, brushy, monoline-ish.
A casual cursive script with smooth, brush-pen contours and softly rounded terminals. Strokes show gentle contrast and a slightly elastic rhythm, with tall ascenders/descenders and relatively compact lowercase bodies that create a lively vertical texture. Letterforms lean mostly upright with subtle, organic irregularities, and widths vary per glyph in a way that feels hand-drawn rather than mechanically uniform. Numerals and capitals are simple and bold enough to hold their shape, with occasional looped strokes and swashy turns that add personality.
Well-suited for short display text such as packaging and labels, invitations and greeting cards, social media graphics, and quote-style headlines. It works best where a personable handwritten voice is desired and where generous sizing can showcase the loops and rounded stroke endings.
The overall tone is warm and informal, evoking handwritten notes, craft labels, and upbeat personal messaging. Its bouncy curves and relaxed construction give it a cheerful, conversational feel rather than a formal calligraphic one.
The design appears intended to mimic a neat, confident brush-script handwriting style: personable, slightly stylized, and optimized for quick recognition in display settings. Its controlled upright posture and rounded forms aim to balance charm with readability.
Connections between lowercase letters are suggested by the script structure, but the joins remain clean and uncluttered, keeping word shapes readable in short lines. The heavier downstrokes and rounded ends help it stay legible at display sizes while preserving a hand-made character.