Cursive Urlen 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, quotes, energetic, casual, expressive, handmade, playful, handmade feel, expressive display, friendly voice, quick lettering, brushy, slanted, textured, loose, bouncy.
A lively brush-script with a strong rightward slant and high-contrast stroke behavior that mimics pressure from a pointed brush or marker. Forms are narrow and upright in footprint but swing with elastic curves, giving the line a bouncy rhythm. Stroke edges show subtle texture and tapering, with occasional thickened terminals and quick, sharp joins that create a fast handwritten feel. Letter spacing is naturally uneven, and connections appear in places without becoming rigidly continuous, keeping the texture airy and informal.
This font is best suited to display settings where a handwritten accent is desired: logos and small brand marks, packaging callouts, posters and flyers, social media graphics, and short quote layouts. It can also work for headings and subheads when paired with a calmer text face to preserve readability at smaller sizes.
The overall tone is upbeat and personal, like quick headline lettering made by hand. Its brisk strokes and slightly rough finish read as confident and friendly rather than polished or formal, lending an approachable, human voice to short messages and display copy.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush lettering—fast, expressive strokes with visible pressure changes—while remaining consistent enough for repeatable typographic use. It prioritizes personality and momentum over strict regularity, aiming to deliver a human, handcrafted signature for attention-grabbing lines.
Capitals lean toward simplified, sign-painting-like shapes with strong diagonals and open counters, while lowercase maintains a compact x-height and lively ascenders/descenders. Numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten logic, with curves and diagonals prioritized over strict uniformity, reinforcing the spontaneous, crafted character.