Cursive Semah 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social media, packaging, posters, craft labels, playful, friendly, casual, crafty, lively, handmade feel, friendly tone, expressive display, casual branding, brushy, rounded, bouncy, informal, monoline-like.
A lively, brush-pen script with a right-leaning, hand-drawn rhythm and softly rounded terminals. Strokes show subtle pressure variation, with thicker downstrokes and lighter connecting motion, giving letters a buoyant, slightly irregular texture. Forms are compact with small counters and a relatively modest x-height, while ascenders and descenders add expressive vertical movement. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the handwritten feel while staying cohesive across the alphabet and numerals.
Well-suited for short, expressive copy such as greeting cards, invitations, quotes, and social graphics where personality matters more than strict regularity. It can also work for packaging callouts, café-style menus, and small brands that want a handmade touch, especially at display sizes where the stroke modulation and loops remain clear.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, like quick lettering on a note card or café sign. Its bouncy baseline, rounded shapes, and energetic joins read as approachable and optimistic rather than formal or restrained.
Designed to evoke natural, quick brush handwriting with a consistent slant and friendly bounce, prioritizing warmth and spontaneity over geometric precision. The letterforms aim to feel human and energetic in headlines and short phrases while remaining legible in mixed-case settings.
Uppercase characters lean toward simple, marker-like constructions, while lowercase shows more cursive connectivity and looped joins, creating a clear informal hierarchy. Numerals follow the same brushy logic with open, rounded shapes and consistent slant, helping mixed text feel unified.