Cursive Mako 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, logotypes, packaging, social posts, elegant, romantic, playful, vintage, personal, signature feel, handcrafted look, decorative script, expressive display, brushy, swashy, calligraphic, tapered, flowing.
A slanted, brush-pen script with sharp entry/exit terminals and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes often taper to fine points, with occasional swelling on downstrokes and soft ink-like joins that suggest fast, confident writing. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded bowls and frequent looped or hooked terminals; capitals lean into modest swashes while remaining readable. The lowercase shows a small core body and lively ascenders/descenders, and the numerals echo the same cursive rhythm with curved, calligraphic shapes.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where the brush contrast and cursive motion can read clearly—such as invitations, greeting cards, quotes, headlines, boutique branding, packaging labels, and social media graphics. It can also work for emphasis in editorial layouts when paired with a restrained serif or sans for body text.
The overall tone feels personable and expressive, balancing elegance with an informal, handwritten charm. Its sweeping capitals and brisk rhythm evoke classic sign-off notes, invitations, and boutique branding—refined but not stiff.
The design appears intended to mimic a stylish brush-script signature with a controlled, calligraphic finish—delivering expressive movement, elegant capitals, and a handcrafted texture for decorative typography.
Spacing appears naturally uneven in a hand-drawn way, creating a lively texture in words and lines. The sample text shows strong word-shape clarity at display sizes, while the thin hairlines and sharp terminals suggest it benefits from adequate size and contrast to avoid breaking up in smaller applications.