Cursive Todan 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, casual, friendly, energetic, personal, handmade, handwritten feel, casual voice, expressive display, brush lettering, brushy, fluid, rounded, lively, expressive.
This font is a brisk, brush-pen script with a consistent rightward slant and smooth, continuous motion. Strokes show moderate contrast with tapered terminals and occasional thickened downstrokes, giving letters a painted, calligraphic feel. Letterforms are narrow and compact with a relatively small x-height, creating taller ascenders/descenders and a lively vertical rhythm. Connections appear intermittent rather than fully joined, and spacing varies slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, handwritten texture.
It works well for short-to-medium display text where a personal, handmade voice is desired—logos, packaging callouts, poster headlines, social graphics, and invitation-style pieces. The lively stroke texture and narrow proportions help it fit longer headings while still reading as expressive lettering.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, like quick note-taking with a marker or brush pen. It feels informal and human, with enough polish to read as intentional lettering while still retaining spontaneous energy.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, confident brush writing: energetic strokes, tapered finishes, and slight irregularities that preserve a natural hand-drawn rhythm while staying readable in phrase-length settings.
Capitals are prominent and gestural, often built from a few confident strokes, which makes them effective for emphasis. Numerals follow the same brush logic, with simple, legible shapes and tapered ends that match the alphabet.