Cursive Daban 2 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, social media, greeting cards, invitations, quotes, friendly, casual, airy, lively, personal, handwritten feel, personal tone, casual branding, quick readability, monoline, loopy, bouncy, upright-leaning, open counters.
A clean, pen-like script with a consistent, lightly modulated stroke and a steady rightward slant. Letterforms are tall and narrow with generous ascenders and descenders, and the lowercase shows a compact body height that emphasizes vertical rhythm. Curves are smooth and slightly springy, with occasional looped entries and exits; joins are suggested in the script structure but many letters remain discretely formed for clarity. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with simple shapes, open bowls, and minimal ornamentation.
Well-suited to packaging accents, café or boutique branding, greeting cards, invitations, and short quote treatments where a personal touch is desired. It also works for social posts, headers, and pull quotes, particularly when set with comfortable tracking and moderate line spacing.
The overall tone is approachable and informal, like quick, neat handwriting on a note or label. Its narrow, energetic cadence feels lighthearted and contemporary, balancing friendliness with enough structure to stay legible in short reads.
The design appears intended to mimic tidy, contemporary cursive writing with a refined, consistent stroke, offering an easygoing handwritten feel while maintaining a controlled, repeatable rhythm across the alphabet and figures.
Uppercase forms are stylized and calligraphic in silhouette, providing a more expressive contrast against the simpler lowercase. The design keeps spacing relatively open for a script, which helps prevent the narrow proportions from feeling cramped, especially in mixed-case text.