Cursive Lorut 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, headlines, posters, branding, packaging, energetic, expressive, confident, casual, retro, handwritten feel, signature style, display impact, personal tone, slanted, brushy, monoline-leaning, looping, spiky.
A lively, right-slanted script with a pen-and-ink feel and brisk, angular rhythm. Strokes taper and swell subtly, with pointed entry/exit terminals and long, sweeping ascenders and descenders that create a tall, airy silhouette over a compact lowercase body. Letterforms are narrow and quick, with occasional loops and sharp joins that read like fast handwriting; capitals are more dramatic and gestural, with extended lead-in strokes and compact counters. Overall texture is dark but agile, with consistent forward motion and a slightly edgy, flicked finish on many strokes.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as signatures, logotypes, titles, quotes, invitations, and packaging callouts where the energetic slant can lead the eye. It works well for retro-leaning branding or expressive editorial headers, and is most effective when given generous size and line spacing to accommodate the tall ascenders and descenders.
The tone is energetic and personal, like a confident handwritten note or a bold signature. Its sharp slant and brisk stroke endings add urgency and attitude, while the looping forms keep it friendly and expressive. The overall impression leans toward a vintage, hand-lettered flair suited to informal, attention-grabbing messaging.
The design appears intended to capture fast, stylish handwriting with a strong forward lean and punchy, tapered terminals, balancing a smooth script flow with sharper, more angular gestures. It aims to deliver a distinctive, signature-like voice that feels personal and assertive in display typography.
In the sample text, word shapes stay legible at display sizes, but the tight lowercase height and long extenders can make lines feel busy if set too small or too tightly. The numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten logic, with simple forms and slanted stress that match the script texture.