Cursive Obbaw 12 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, quotes, packaging, social posts, airy, friendly, playful, casual, whimsical, handwritten warmth, casual elegance, friendly tone, light decoration, monoline, loopy, bouncy, delicate, tall ascenders.
A delicate, monoline handwritten script with tall, slender letterforms and a lightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Strokes are smooth and pen-like with occasional looped terminals and soft entry/exit strokes, giving many letters a gently connected, cursive feel. Counters are small and open, ascenders and descenders are long, and spacing is loose enough to keep the texture light even when letters link together. Capitals are simplified and narrow with a few understated flourishes, while lowercase forms stay compact with fine, threadlike joins.
This style works best for short, expressive lines such as invitations, greeting cards, quotes, and social graphics where a personal touch is desired. It can also suit light packaging accents, labels, or headers, especially when paired with a simple sans for supporting text.
The overall tone is relaxed and personable, like neat everyday handwriting with a hint of whimsy. Its thin strokes and looping shapes feel lighthearted and approachable, lending an informal, conversational voice to short text.
The design appears intended to capture a clean, modern cursive handwriting look—thin, tidy, and slightly playful—optimized for giving headlines and brief messages a human, handwritten presence without heavy ornamentation.
The font maintains a consistent pen pressure and smooth curves, but embraces a hand-drawn irregularity in stroke endings and join behavior. Numerals match the same slender, handwritten construction, and the sample text shows clear word shapes and an easy flow at display sizes.