Cursive Dalis 11 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social media, greeting cards, playful, casual, friendly, retro, crafty, handmade feel, friendly display, casual branding, expressive lettering, brushy, rounded, loopy, bouncy, informal.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel, built from rounded strokes and soft terminals. The letterforms lean on tall ascenders and compact lowercase bodies, creating a vertical, springy rhythm. Strokes show subtle modulation and occasional tapered joins, with gently irregular widths and spacing that preserve an organic, drawn-by-hand texture. Uppercase characters are simplified and narrow with looped or arched structures, while the lowercase alternates between partially connected and separated forms, keeping the line lively without becoming overly ornate.
Best suited to short, expressive settings such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, and social graphics where personality matters more than strict typographic regularity. It can also work for greeting cards, invitations, and craft branding when set with generous tracking and comfortable line spacing.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, reading like quick signage or a friendly note written with a marker. Its bouncy curves and looped shapes give it a lighthearted, slightly retro craft energy that feels approachable rather than formal.
The design appears intended to capture a quick, confident brush-script note: compact, energetic, and legible in display sizes, with enough irregularity to feel human while maintaining consistent structure across the set.
Several glyphs emphasize narrow, elongated silhouettes and tight counters, which heightens the handwritten personality but can make dense text feel busy at small sizes. Numerals follow the same casual brush logic, with rounded forms and simple construction that matches the alphabet.