Cursive Yisu 2 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, social media, brushy, expressive, casual, energetic, human, brush lettering, handmade feel, high impact, casual script, expressive display, dry brush, textured, slanted, pointed, tapered.
A brush-pen script with a pronounced rightward slant and visibly textured, dry-brush edges. Strokes are relatively heavy with tapered terminals and occasional blunt, flattened ends, suggesting a quick, marker-like tool rather than a smooth calligraphic nib. Letterforms are compact and slightly irregular, with a lively baseline and variable stroke shaping that alternates between thick swells and sharper, pinched joins. Counters tend to be small, and spacing is tight, producing a dense, rhythmic line in both caps and lowercase.
This font is well suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, display headlines, packaging callouts, and branding accents where brush texture can be appreciated. It also works well for quote graphics and social media creatives, especially at larger sizes where the rough stroke edges remain clear.
The overall tone is informal and punchy, with a handmade immediacy that feels energetic and personable. Its brush texture and brisk stroke rhythm give it a confident, street-sign or handwritten note character rather than a polished formal script.
The design appears intended to emulate fast, confident brush lettering with visible texture and natural variation, prioritizing personality and momentum over strict regularity. Its condensed, slanted forms aim to deliver impact in compact spaces while retaining a distinctly hand-drawn feel.
Uppercase forms read as simplified brush caps that pair naturally with the lowercase, maintaining the same slanted momentum and roughened edge quality. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with open, quickly drawn shapes and slightly uneven proportions that reinforce the human, non-mechanical feel.