Cursive Deruf 2 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logos, packaging, invitations, social media, quotes, personal, elegant, playful, romantic, airy, handwritten feel, signature look, decorative caps, friendly tone, quick notes, monoline, looped, slanted, bouncy, brushy.
A flowing script with a consistent rightward slant and smooth, pen-like curves. Strokes are mostly monoline with subtle swelling on turns, and terminals taper cleanly into pointed entries and exits. Letterforms are tall and narrow overall, with generous ascenders/descenders and frequent loop structures in both capitals and lowercase. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, creating an informal, handwritten rhythm while keeping a coherent baseline and steady stroke behavior.
Best suited for display applications where a handwritten voice is desired, such as branding marks, product packaging, invitations, greeting cards, and social media graphics. It also works well for short quotes, headings, and accent text, especially when there is room for its tall loops and expressive capitals to breathe.
The font reads as personal and expressive, combining a gentle elegance with a casual, upbeat energy. Its tall loops and quick, sweeping joins give it a romantic, note-like feel that can also come across as friendly and lightly whimsical in short phrases.
Designed to emulate quick, confident handwriting with a polished script sensibility—prioritizing flow, personality, and decorative capital forms over strict uniformity. The overall construction suggests an intent to provide an easy way to add a personal, signature-like tone to contemporary design layouts.
Capitals are prominent and decorative, often built from large initial strokes and looped bowls, which can dominate at small sizes. Lowercase forms stay relatively compact with simple join logic, while long ascenders/descenders add motion and texture in lines of text. Numerals follow the same handwritten slant and stroke logic, leaning toward a simple, note-taking style rather than rigid tabular uniformity.