Cursive Viru 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, social media, headlines, handmade, playful, rustic, whimsical, casual, handmade texture, expressive script, quirky display, casual personality, brushy, textured, loopy, bouncy, spiky.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel, showing roughened edges and intentional wobble in the strokes. Letterforms are tall and slender with frequent loops, narrow counters, and an irregular baseline that adds bounce. Strokes show natural pen pressure and tapering, with occasional thickened joins and small ink-like blobs that enhance the drawn texture. Connection behavior is mixed: many lowercase letters flow together, while others break into distinct shapes, keeping the rhythm informal and varied.
This font suits short-to-medium display text where personality matters—posters, book and album covers, café or boutique packaging, and social media graphics. It can work for whimsical branding and themed titles, especially where a handmade, slightly gritty texture is desirable. For readability, it performs best in larger sizes rather than dense body copy.
The overall tone is expressive and human, combining a slightly spooky, storybook quirk with friendly casualness. Its textured strokes and animated movement evoke notes scrawled in a journal, handmade signage, or stylized lettering for playful narratives.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick brush handwriting while maintaining enough consistency for repeated setting. Its narrow, tall shapes and textured stroke edges suggest an emphasis on characterful display typography rather than polished formal script.
Uppercase characters are decorative and idiosyncratic, often featuring tall ascenders and looped strokes that stand out in display settings. Numerals keep the same drawn texture and narrow proportions, with simplified forms that read best at moderate sizes and above.