Cursive Ipbas 1 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, quotes, social media, packaging, invitations, friendly, casual, airy, personal, lively, handwritten warmth, compact headlines, casual elegance, quick note, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, long descenders, open counters.
A slim, monoline handwritten script with a rightward slant and a buoyant baseline. Forms are tall and narrow with long ascenders and descenders, giving the alphabet a vertical, stretched rhythm and relatively small lowercase bodies. Stroke endings are softly tapered and slightly irregular, echoing quick pen movement rather than mechanical construction. Uppercase letters are simple and upright in structure with occasional looped entrances, while lowercase favors flowing joins, rounded bowls, and occasional extended crossbars.
Well-suited to short, expressive text such as greetings, invitations, quote graphics, and casual branding moments where a personal voice is desired. The narrow, tall proportions help it fit longer words into tight spaces, making it useful for packaging accents and social posts. It performs best at display sizes where the thin monoline strokes and compact lowercase are easy to read.
The overall tone feels personable and relaxed, like neat everyday handwriting. Its airy spacing and gentle loops convey an approachable, informal charm without becoming overly decorative. The narrow build adds a tidy, modern lightness, making the script feel energetic and nimble.
Designed to capture an elegant everyday handwriting look with a clean, streamlined stroke and tall, slender proportions. The intent appears to balance legibility with a flowing cursive rhythm, delivering a light, friendly script that can add warmth and motion to headings and short phrases.
In the samples, connections between letters are frequent but not rigidly continuous, creating a natural written rhythm with small breaks. Descenders on letters like g, y, and j are notably long and sweeping, and the capitals add emphasis through height rather than weight. Numerals are simple and consistent with the same pen-like line quality.