Cursive Ranel 13 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social posts, invitations, quotes, playful, casual, friendly, handmade, breezy, handwritten feel, expressive flow, friendly tone, quick lettering, looping, bouncy, brushy, rounded, expressive.
An informal script with a brush-pen feel, showing clear contrast between heavier downstrokes and lighter connecting strokes. Letterforms are right-leaning with rounded bowls, open counters, and frequent looped entries and exits that keep words moving. Strokes taper naturally at terminals, crossbars and joins vary slightly, and widths shift from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a hand-drawn rhythm. Capitals are tall and simplified with sweeping curves, while lowercase forms stay compact with a modest x-height and lively ascenders/descenders.
Works well for short-to-medium display text where a friendly, handcrafted voice is desired—logos, boutique branding, packaging, greeting cards, invitations, and social media graphics. It can also support pull quotes and headings, especially when paired with a calm sans or serif for longer body copy.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, like quick handwritten notes with a bit of flourish. Its flowing loops and soft curves read as welcoming and slightly whimsical rather than formal or technical.
Designed to emulate quick, confident brush handwriting with connected cursive flow and expressive loops, aiming for warmth and approachability in display settings.
Spacing and connections feel intentionally irregular in a natural way, with occasional exaggerated swashes (notably in some capitals) that can create distinct word shapes. Numerals follow the same brushy logic, with simple, rounded forms and tapered endings that match the text color.