Cursive Upgoh 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, invitations, packaging, headlines, logotypes, elegant, expressive, personal, romantic, refined, signature feel, luxury appeal, decorative script, expressive display, personal tone, brushy, calligraphic, slanted, looping, tapered.
A slanted cursive with brush-pen calligraphy characteristics, showing pronounced thick–thin modulation and tapered terminals. Strokes are smooth and slightly bouncy, with frequent entry/exit swashes that give letters a forward-driving rhythm. Uppercase forms are more ornate and looped, while lowercase maintains a compact, narrow footprint with a relatively small x-height and tall ascenders/descenders. Counters stay open enough for display use, and spacing feels naturally irregular in a handwritten way while remaining visually consistent across the set.
Well-suited to branding moments that want a handwritten signature impression—logos, boutique packaging, beauty and lifestyle labels, and invitation suites. It performs best at larger sizes where the stroke contrast and swashes can breathe, and as an accent face paired with a simpler text font.
The font conveys a polished, personable tone—stylish and somewhat romantic rather than casual. Its calligraphic contrast and flowing joins suggest formality and care, lending an upscale feel without becoming rigid or overly traditional.
The design appears intended to emulate confident brush-script handwriting with a refined, calligraphy-informed structure. Its proportions and contrast prioritize expressive word shapes and elegant motion over utilitarian neutrality, aiming for a premium, personal signature effect.
Capitals feature prominent curved lead-ins and occasional flourish-like strokes, creating strong word-start emphasis. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic with angled stress and soft curves, keeping them visually compatible with the letterforms in headline settings.