Cursive Kanis 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, logo, packaging, invites, social media, elegant, personal, romantic, refined, airy, signature, handwriting, swash display, personal tone, monoline, signature-like, looping, flowing, slanted.
A slanted, monoline script with long, sweeping entry and exit strokes and a lively handwritten rhythm. Letterforms favor open counters and elongated, slightly elastic curves, with occasional looped ascenders/descenders and extended cross-strokes that give the line a continuous, calligraphic glide. Uppercase characters are expressive and spacious, while the lowercase set stays compact with simplified joins and minimal internal detailing, keeping word shapes light and quick.
Well-suited to brand marks, beauty or lifestyle packaging, invitations, and short promotional lines where a handwritten signature feel is desired. It also works for social media graphics and editorial pull quotes when set with comfortable tracking and ample leading to preserve its airy rhythm.
The overall tone feels like a confident signature—polished but informal—balancing elegance with a casual, personal touch. Its flowing motion and generous swashes lean romantic and boutique, suggesting friendliness and a human, authored presence rather than a rigid display script.
Designed to emulate fast, stylish handwriting with a streamlined stroke and elegant motion, prioritizing fluid word shapes and expressive capitals for impactful, personable headlines.
Spacing and stroke endings read intentionally loose and gestural, with consistent stroke thickness and smooth curves that maintain legibility in longer phrases. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, staying slender and slightly angled to match the text color of the alphabet.