Cursive Balub 7 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, branding, packaging, social posts, playful, friendly, whimsical, casual, crafty, handwritten feel, friendly tone, display charm, personal branding, casual elegance, brushy, looped, bouncy, monoline-ish, expressive.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and visibly calligraphic stroke modulation. Letterforms are built from tall, narrow gestures with long ascenders and descenders, rounded bowls, and frequent entry/exit strokes that create a flowing rhythm across words. Terminals alternate between tapered flicks and heavier, rounded ends, while curves stay soft and slightly irregular, reinforcing the hand-drawn character. Uppercase forms are simple and open, with several tall, looped capitals, and the numerals follow the same airy, drawn-with-a-pen logic.
Well-suited to short to medium display text where a friendly, personal voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, boutique branding, packaging callouts, and social media graphics. It can also work for headers or pull quotes when paired with a simpler sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is warm and informal, with a buoyant, personable energy. Its loops and flicked terminals feel conversational and slightly whimsical, lending a handcrafted charm rather than a polished corporate mood.
Designed to emulate quick, confident handwriting made with a flexible pen or brush, balancing readability with expressive loops and swashes. The narrow, tall proportions and animated stroke endings suggest an intention to feel personal and crafted while still functioning cleanly in set phrases.
Spacing and rhythm read as intentionally loose and handwritten, with occasional flourishes on capitals and select lowercase letters. The contrast and thin connecting strokes give it a light, airy texture in longer phrases, while heavier downstrokes provide emphasis at display sizes.