Cursive Duba 9 is a light, narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, invitations, quotes, packaging, social posts, airy, casual, elegant, lively, personal, handwritten feel, personal tone, display lettering, quick signature, monoline, looping, swashy, slanted, bouncy.
A loose, monoline script with a consistent rightward slant and a lightly dancing baseline. Strokes stay thin and smooth with rounded turns, mixing open counters with occasional looped forms and simple, tapered terminals. Capitals are tall and expressive with generous entry/exit strokes, while lowercase forms are compact with short bodies and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical rhythm. Overall spacing feels variable and handwritten, creating a natural, slightly irregular cadence in words.
Well-suited for short to medium display text where a handwritten voice is desired—signatures, invitations, greeting cards, pull quotes, packaging labels, and social graphics. It can also work for headings and brand accents, especially when paired with a more neutral text face for longer reading.
The tone is friendly and personal, like quick, confident pen lettering. Its light touch and flowing motion read as relaxed and conversational, with a hint of elegance coming from tall capitals and occasional swashy gestures.
Designed to emulate quick, natural handwriting with a clean monoline pen feel, prioritizing fluid movement and personality over strict regularity. The tall, expressive capitals and compact lowercase suggest an intent to provide a distinctive, stylish script for display settings.
Connections between letters appear intermittent rather than strictly continuous, so texture varies between linked runs and lightly separated shapes. The numeral forms are simple and handwritten, matching the same thin stroke and informal rhythm, and the capitals stand out strongly in mixed-case settings due to their height and flourish.