Cursive Dupy 10 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
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A delicate, slanted script with smooth, continuous stroke flow and a lightly calligraphic feel. Letterforms are compact and streamlined, with long, tapered entry and exit strokes and occasional extended loops that create gentle flourishes in capitals and select lowercase forms. Strokes show subtle thick–thin modulation without sharp pen-angle breaks, giving the writing a clean, controlled rhythm. Lowercase proportions sit low with small counters and modest ascenders, while capitals are taller and more expressive, helping words form an undulating, handwriting-like silhouette.
Well-suited to short to medium-length display copy where a personal, elegant signature effect is desired—such as invitations, announcements, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and pull quotes. It performs best at larger sizes where the fine joins and loops remain clear.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, combining a polished cursive manner with a relaxed handwritten ease. Its restrained contrast and airy spacing keep it from feeling heavy, while the swashes add a touch of formality and romance.
The design appears intended to mimic neat, stylized cursive handwriting with a refined, event-ready tone, balancing legibility with decorative swash behavior for expressive titles and names.
In text settings, the connectedness reads as consistent and fluid, with word shapes driven by sweeping joins and occasional long terminals. The design leans on distinctive capital forms and looping descenders to add character, so spacing and line breaks benefit from a bit of breathing room.