Cursive Anbaz 1 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, posters, whimsical, playful, casual, airy, charming, personal tone, handwritten feel, light elegance, friendly display, looping, monoline, bouncy, lithe, delicate.
A slender, looping script with a light, monoline-like stroke and gentle, pen-drawn modulation through curves. Letterforms are tall and compressed, with long ascenders/descenders and small lowercase bodies, creating an airy vertical rhythm. Curves are generous and rounded, terminals are soft, and many capitals use simple swashes and open loops that keep shapes readable without becoming ornate. Spacing feels loose and organic, with a hand-rendered consistency rather than strict geometric repetition.
This font suits short-to-medium display text where a personable handwritten feel is desired, such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging labels, and headline use on posters or social graphics. It will be most effective at sizes that allow its thin strokes and tight proportions to remain clear, and it pairs well with a restrained sans or serif for supporting copy.
The overall tone is friendly and whimsical, like quick handwritten lettering cleaned up for display. Its tall, wiry forms and buoyant loops give it a youthful, approachable character that reads as informal and personal rather than formal or corporate.
The design appears intended to capture the spontaneity of casual cursive while maintaining a consistent, digitized rhythm for repeatable typography. Its emphasis on tall proportions, soft loops, and simple swash-like capitals suggests a focus on expressive display writing that stays light and approachable.
Uppercase letters tend to be more expressive—often with looped entries or extended strokes—while lowercase stays simpler, with occasional connecting tendencies and open counters. Numerals are similarly light and rounded, matching the script’s relaxed tempo and maintaining the same tall, narrow silhouette.