Cursive Deroy 8 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, greeting cards, logos, packaging, romantic, airy, flirtatious, handmade, refined, signature feel, personal tone, decorative caps, handwritten elegance, looping, swashy, slanted, delicate, calligraphic.
A delicate, right-slanted script with slender strokes and lively, handwritten irregularity. Letterforms feature generous loops and long, tapering entry/exit strokes, creating an elegant rhythm with frequent ascenders and descenders. Stroke weight stays light with subtle thick–thin modulation, and spacing feels open due to the narrow proportions and extended forms. Capitals lean expressive and often swashy, while lowercase shapes are compact and quick, giving the overall texture a breezy, pen-written feel.
Well-suited to short, expressive text where its loops and swashes can shine—wedding stationery, invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and product packaging accents. It works best for headlines, names, and quotes rather than dense paragraphs, where the narrow, lively strokes and decorative capitals may reduce readability.
The font reads as intimate and personal, with a graceful, romantic tone. Its looping gestures and soft movement suggest friendliness and charm rather than formality, making it feel like stylish handwriting on invitations or notes.
Designed to capture an elegant, modern handwritten signature look with decorative capitals and flowing connections. The emphasis appears to be on personality and motion—creating a stylish, personal mark that feels hand-penned and slightly spontaneous.
Capitals and key letters introduce pronounced flourishes that can dominate a line, especially at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple forms and a lightly gestural finish that matches the script texture.