Cursive Jerid 12 is a light, narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, signatures, quotes, packaging, elegant, airy, casual, expressive, personal, handwritten feel, graceful motion, personal tone, display accent, fast cursive, monoline, flowing, looped, slanted, swashy.
A delicate cursive script with a consistent, monoline stroke and a pronounced rightward slant. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry and exit strokes, with generous ascenders/descenders and frequent looped constructions that keep words moving horizontally. Capitals are tall and gestural, often formed with single continuous strokes and occasional flourish-like terminals. Spacing and widths feel naturally handwritten, with smooth curves, soft joins, and a slightly elastic rhythm across the alphabet and numerals.
Well-suited to applications where a personal, handwritten voice is desired—such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging accents, and short quote treatments. It works best at display sizes or in brief lines of text where the flowing connections and tall forms can remain clear.
The overall tone is graceful and relaxed, like neat personal handwriting with a touch of refinement. Its light, fluid motion reads as friendly and intimate, while the tall, sweeping forms add a subtle sense of sophistication.
The design appears intended to emulate confident, fast cursive handwriting while keeping the stroke smooth and even for clean reproduction. Emphasis is placed on fluid connections, tall expressive capitals, and a refined, airy texture rather than compact readability in dense paragraphs.
In text, the long connecting strokes and extended loops create a lively texture that benefits from a bit of breathing room. The numerals follow the same handwritten logic, maintaining the same slanted, single-stroke feel as the letters.