Cursive Vaka 14 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, social media, energetic, casual, expressive, confident, youthful, handmade feel, brush lettering, expressive emphasis, casual voice, dynamic motion, brushy, gestural, dry-brush, rough, organic.
A lively brush-script with a pronounced rightward slant and a fast, handwritten rhythm. Strokes are thick and pressure-driven, with visible tapering at entries and exits and occasional dry-brush texture that creates rough edges and subtle breaks. Letterforms are compact in the lowercase with tall ascenders and deep, sweeping descenders, while capitals are larger, loopier, and more gestural. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an improvised, marker-and-brush feel rather than a strictly uniform construction.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, and brand marks that benefit from a handmade voice. It also works well for social graphics and promotional phrases where texture and movement are more important than long-form readability.
The overall tone is informal and punchy, like quick headline lettering made in a single take. It feels personal and upbeat, with an assertive brush energy that reads as contemporary and approachable rather than refined or formal.
Designed to capture the immediacy of brush lettering in a script style—favoring speed, gesture, and personality over strict regularity. The variable rhythm, tapered terminals, and textured stroke edges suggest an intention to feel authentic and human, as if written with a loaded brush or marker.
Connections appear frequently in running text, but joins can be intermittent, preserving a hand-drawn spontaneity. The numerals share the same brisk, brush-formed character, and the uppercase set leans toward expressive swashes and open counters that emphasize motion.