Cursive Barid 9 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invites, greeting cards, craft branding, quotes, packaging, friendly, casual, playful, personal, approachable, handwritten warmth, casual branding, friendly display, personal voice, hand-drawn, bouncy, rounded, monoline, quirky.
A casual handwritten script with a lightly bouncy baseline and quick, pen-like stroke modulation. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded terminals, simplified joins, and occasional open connections that keep words readable rather than fully continuous. Capitals are tall and loose with soft curves and uneven stroke edges that preserve a drawn-by-hand texture, while lowercase forms stay small with short ascenders and compact counters. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic rhythm across text.
Well-suited to invitations, greeting cards, social graphics, product labels, and other short-to-medium display text where a personal, hand-written voice is desired. It can also work for headings and pull quotes, especially when paired with a neutral sans for body copy.
The overall tone feels warm and informal, like a note written with a felt-tip pen. Its relaxed rhythm and gentle quirks suggest friendliness and spontaneity rather than polish or formality.
The design appears intended to capture an everyday cursive handwriting feel with controlled consistency, balancing natural variation with enough regularity for repeated use in branding and display settings.
The font maintains a consistent stroke personality across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, with numerals sharing the same rounded, handwritten construction. The sample text shows comfortable readability at display sizes, while the tight proportions and small lowercase height may benefit from a bit of extra tracking in longer lines.