Cursive Melug 7 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social media, headlines, quotes, casual, energetic, friendly, expressive, handmade, handwritten feel, brush lettering, personal tone, display impact, modern casual, brushy, slanted, loose, rounded, painterly.
This font is a brisk, brush-pen script with a consistent rightward slant and softly tapered stroke endings. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with a lively baseline and subtly irregular stroke edges that preserve a hand-drawn feel. Strokes show modest contrast with occasional thick-to-thin transitions, and counters stay open enough to keep words readable in short phrases. Capitals are bold and gestural, while lowercase forms are simpler and more compact, producing a quick, note-like rhythm in text.
It works best for short, attention-grabbing copy such as posters, packaging callouts, social media graphics, and headline treatments where a casual handwritten presence is desired. It can also suit quotes, invitations, or menu highlights when set with comfortable tracking and ample line spacing.
The overall tone is informal and upbeat, like fast handwritten marker or brush notes. It reads as approachable and personal, with enough swagger and motion to feel contemporary and energetic rather than delicate or formal.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush lettering with a confident, modern slant—prioritizing momentum and personality over strict regularity. Its compact proportions and punchy strokes suggest a display-oriented script meant to add immediacy and a personal voice to branding and promotional text.
In running text, the texture is dark and punchy, with prominent downstrokes and expressive joins that can tighten at small sizes. The numerals follow the same brushy logic and feel integrated with the alphabet, supporting display use where a cohesive handwritten voice matters.