Cursive Masy 8 is a light, normal width, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, quotes, casual, expressive, personal, lively, artistic, handwritten feel, signature look, expressive display, casual tone, brushy, calligraphic, slanted, looping, tapered.
A slanted handwritten script with brisk, brush-like strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are built from quick, tapered curves and angular turns, with a lively baseline and variable stroke joins that mimic pen pressure changes. Counters are generally open and forms stay relatively narrow, while ascenders and descenders are long and energetic. Uppercase characters feel gestural and slightly standalone, while lowercase shapes flow more readily, producing an overall rhythm that reads like fast, confident handwriting.
Well-suited for short-to-medium text where personality is the goal: branding accents, packaging labels, posters, social graphics, invitations, and quote treatments. It performs best at display sizes where the tapered strokes and lively joins can be appreciated, rather than in dense body copy.
The font conveys a personal, spontaneous tone—more like a note written with a felt-tip brush pen than a polished formal script. Its energetic slant and sharp flicks add a sense of motion and immediacy, giving text an informal, human presence.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick cursive writing with a brush-pen feel, prioritizing gesture and rhythm over strict uniformity. Its high-contrast strokes and dynamic slant aim to add an expressive, signature-like character to headings and highlight text.
Texture varies from letter to letter in a way that feels intentionally organic, with occasional sharp terminals and hook-like entry/exit strokes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple forms and swift diagonals that match the alphabet’s tempo.