Cursive Daban 10 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, posters, social media, greeting cards, casual, friendly, lively, crafty, personal, handwritten warmth, compact display, expressive flow, casual branding, brushy, looping, bouncy, tall, slanted.
A narrow, slanted handwritten script with tall ascenders and compact lowercase that creates a pronounced vertical rhythm. Strokes look brush-pen like, with gently tapered starts and ends and modest thick–thin modulation rather than monoline construction. Letterforms lean toward simplified, open shapes with occasional looped joins and a slightly bouncy baseline feel; counters stay clear despite the condensed width. Capitals are prominent and gestural, often taller than the lowercase and built from swift, arcing strokes that read well in short words and headings.
Best suited to display settings where a human, handwritten voice is desirable—headlines, short quotes, packaging callouts, posters, and social graphics. It can also work for greeting cards, invitations, or branding accents when used at comfortable sizes and with a bit of extra breathing room.
The overall tone feels informal and personable, like quick but confident note-taking with a touch of flair. Its narrow, energetic flow gives it a lively, modern-casual character that can read as friendly and slightly playful without becoming overly decorative.
The design appears intended to capture a quick, brushy cursive feel in a compact footprint, balancing legibility with expressive motion. Its narrow proportions and tall capitals suggest an emphasis on efficient, eye-catching lettering for short to medium-length text.
The sample text shows a consistent forward slant and a smooth, continuous rhythm across words, while individual letters retain hand-drawn irregularities that keep it from feeling mechanical. Numerals follow the same angled, handwritten logic and appear designed to blend naturally with the letterforms.