Cursive Dinan 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, invitations, social media, quotes, playful, casual, romantic, lively, friendly, handwritten feel, expressive display, personal tone, brush script, brushy, looping, bouncy, slanted, monoline-ish.
A lively, brush-pen script with a consistent rightward slant and softly modulated strokes. Letterforms are built from tapered entries and exits, rounded turns, and frequent looped constructions, giving the line a continuous, handwritten rhythm. The texture stays smooth and dark, with occasional heavier downstrokes and lighter hairline connectors that keep counters open and readable. Capitals are simple but expressive, often taller and more gestural than the lowercase, while numerals follow the same flowing, handwritten logic.
Well-suited to short, expressive text where personality is the goal—logos, boutique branding, product labels, greeting cards, invitations, and pull quotes. It performs best at display sizes, where the stroke taper, loops, and rhythmic connections can be appreciated without crowding.
The overall tone is warm and personable, like quick hand-lettering for notes, packaging, or social posts. Its looping forms and buoyant rhythm feel upbeat and slightly whimsical, with a light romantic flair rather than formal calligraphy.
Designed to capture an easygoing brush-script handwriting look with smooth connections and stylish loops, balancing legibility with an expressive, hand-drawn character for modern casual display typography.
Joins are generally clean and continuous, but the script retains natural variation in stroke taper and spacing that reinforces an authentic handwritten feel. Ascenders and descenders are prominent, adding vertical movement and a decorative cadence in longer words.