Cursive Tula 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, invitations, quotes, branding, packaging, elegant, romantic, casual, personal, airy, handwritten feel, signature style, expressive display, soft elegance, looping, flowing, swashy, slanted, high ascenders.
A flowing, monoline-to-slightly-modulated script with a pronounced rightward slant and tall, looping ascenders and descenders. Strokes feel pen-driven, with tapered entry/exit strokes and soft, rounded turns that keep the rhythm continuous even when letters are not fully connected. Capitals are larger and more gestural, using open loops and long lead-in strokes, while lowercase forms are compact with a notably low x-height and long extenders that create an airy vertical texture. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with rounded forms and gentle terminals.
Well-suited for signature-style branding, invitations and announcements, short quotes, and lifestyle packaging where a personal, handwritten tone is desired. It performs best at display sizes where the tall loops and delicate joins can remain clear and expressive.
The overall tone is friendly and personable with a light elegance, evoking quick, confident handwriting polished for display. Its looping capitals and long strokes add a romantic, signature-like character that reads as warm rather than formal.
Designed to capture the feel of natural, fast cursive writing while maintaining consistent proportions and a smooth, readable flow for headlines and short phrases. The emphasis on looping capitals and long extenders suggests an intention toward expressive, decorative wordmarks rather than dense text setting.
Letterforms show intentional irregularity typical of handwriting: joins vary, spacing breathes, and several characters rely on long strokes to suggest connection and momentum. The italic slant and extended ascenders create a strong diagonal flow, giving words a lively, continuous movement across a line.