Cursive Upbab 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, quotes, elegant, romantic, lively, personal, refined, handwritten charm, formal flair, stylish display, signature look, swashy, calligraphic, looping, slanted, flourished.
A slanted, calligraphy-inspired script with pronounced thick–thin modulation and tapered stroke endings. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with frequent entry/exit strokes and occasional looped bowls, creating a flowing rhythm. Capitals are larger and more expressive, often featuring long ascenders, gentle swashes, and curved cross-strokes, while the lowercase stays compact with petite counters and a distinctly small x-height relative to tall ascenders and descenders. Numerals follow the same pen-driven logic, leaning and tapering like the letters for a consistent texture in mixed text.
This font suits short-to-medium display settings where an elegant handwritten voice is desired: wedding collateral, invitations, greeting cards, beauty/fashion branding, boutique packaging, and pull quotes. It works best at larger sizes where the thin connectors and tight internal shapes have room to breathe.
The overall tone feels graceful and intimate, like a neat handwritten note dressed up with a touch of formal flourish. The lively contrast and looping forms give it a romantic, boutique sensibility while still reading as personal and gestural rather than rigid or mechanical.
The design appears intended to emulate a pointed-pen or brush-pen script with a polished, curated feel—balancing expressive capitals and fluid movement with a relatively restrained lowercase for readable word shapes in display text.
Stroke contrast is strongest on vertical-ish downstrokes, with hairline connectors that create a light, airy internal texture. Spacing appears intentionally variable, and some joins are implied more by rhythm and slant than by strict continuous connections, helping keep the script from becoming overly dense in longer lines.