Cursive Arbah 7 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, social posts, invitations, branding, friendly, casual, handmade, playful, personal, handwritten warmth, brush expressiveness, casual legibility, display impact, brushy, calligraphic, looping, upright-leaning, bouncy.
A lively brush-script style with a rightward slant, narrow letterforms, and pronounced thick–thin contrast. Strokes taper into pointed terminals with occasional blunt, brushy ends, creating a textured, ink-on-paper feel. Proportions are tall and compact with small counters and a relatively modest x-height, while ascenders and capitals rise prominently. Spacing is naturally uneven in a handwritten way, and many lowercase shapes suggest cursive construction with frequent joins and soft entry/exit strokes.
Works best for short to medium-length display settings where an approachable, handcrafted voice is desired—logos, product packaging, café menus, greeting cards, invitations, and social graphics. It can also serve as an accent font paired with a restrained sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is warm and personable, like quick note-taking with a confident marker. Its bouncy rhythm and expressive swells feel informal and upbeat, with just enough calligraphic polish to read as intentional rather than messy.
Designed to capture the look of fast, confident brush handwriting while staying legible in words. The intention appears to balance expressive contrast and tapered terminals with narrow proportions so lines of text feel energetic and compact.
Capitals read like simplified brush lettering—mostly single-stroke silhouettes that keep words moving—while the lowercase shows more looping behavior (notably in letters with bowls and descenders). Numerals are similarly handwritten, maintaining the same contrast and slanted rhythm for a cohesive, signature-like color in text.