Cursive Afmap 9 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, quotes, social media, packaging, airy, elegant, personal, romantic, delicate, signature look, modern cursive, delicate display, personal tone, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, high contrast joins, open counters.
A slender, handwritten script with tall, elongated proportions and a consistently right-leaning rhythm. Strokes are fine and smooth, with gentle tapering and a lightly calligraphic feel where curves and joins thicken slightly. Letterforms favor narrow, vertical ovals and long ascenders/descenders, with frequent loops and soft entry/exit strokes that keep the texture light on the page. Capitals are larger and more flourish-prone, using rounded loops and sweeping stems, while lowercase remains compact with small bowls and restrained terminals.
This style suits short to medium-length display text such as invitations, greeting cards, pull quotes, social posts, and boutique packaging. It works best where a light, personal signature-like voice is desired and where ample size and spacing can preserve its fine strokes.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, like neat pen lettering for notes, invitations, or lifestyle branding. Its light footprint and looping forms read as refined and friendly rather than bold or formal, conveying a calm, romantic sensibility.
The design appears intended to mimic tidy, modern cursive penmanship with an emphasis on elegance and readability through narrow forms, tall proportions, and controlled flourishes in capitals. It prioritizes a light, graceful texture and a natural handwritten flow for decorative text settings.
The alphabet shows a mix of connected and loosely separated forms depending on the letters, producing a natural handwritten cadence rather than strict continuous joining. Numerals are similarly thin and upright-leaning, with simple, single-stroke constructions that match the script’s light texture.