Cursive Atkuw 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social posts, quotes, invitations, friendly, casual, playful, handmade, approachable, handmade feel, casual voice, friendly branding, expressive display, modern script, brushy, loopy, bouncy, rounded, lively.
A lively handwritten script with brush-pen construction and smooth, rounded terminals. Strokes show subtle pressure changes, with tapered starts and finishes and occasional heavier downstrokes. Letterforms are slightly irregular in rhythm and width, creating a natural, drawn-by-hand texture while maintaining consistent baseline alignment. The lowercase forms are compact with relatively small counters and a modest x-height, and many characters use simple looped ascenders/descenders and soft, open curves.
Well-suited for short-to-medium display text where an approachable, handcrafted voice is desired—logos, product packaging, café/restaurant collateral, greeting cards, invitations, and social media graphics. It also works nicely for pull quotes, headings, and accents when paired with a clean sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is warm and informal, like quick but confident note-taking with a marker or brush pen. Its bounce and gentle quirks read as personable and cheerful rather than formal or rigid.
Designed to capture the feel of modern brush handwriting in a consistent, font-ready form, balancing legibility with an expressive, personal touch. The intent appears to be an easygoing script that adds warmth and character to titles and branding without requiring highly formal calligraphic detail.
Uppercase characters lean toward tall, simplified forms that pair well with the more fluid lowercase, and numerals follow the same hand-rendered logic with rounded shapes and slight stroke modulation. The texture remains smooth and readable at display sizes, with just enough variability to feel authentic without becoming messy.