Cursive Otzu 8 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, social graphics, airy, graceful, casual, delicate, romantic, personal touch, signature look, elegant casualness, modern script, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, long descenders, open counters.
A delicate, handwritten script with a lightly drawn, pen-like stroke and a consistent forward slant. Letterforms are tall and narrow with generous vertical reach in ascenders and descenders, giving words a slim, elongated rhythm. Connections appear intermittently rather than strictly continuous, mixing cursive joins with occasional lifted-stroke separations. Curves are smooth and looping, terminals are fine and tapered, and the overall spacing stays open enough to keep the texture from clumping despite the narrow proportions.
Works well for short-to-medium display text where a light, handwritten signature effect is desired—such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, beauty or lifestyle packaging, and social media graphics. It is best used at larger sizes or with ample tracking to preserve its fine strokes and airy counters.
The tone is relaxed and personable, leaning elegant rather than playful. Its thin strokes and flowing loops feel intimate and refined, like quick, neat handwriting on invitations or notes, with a light, breezy presence on the page.
Designed to capture the look of quick, elegant handwriting with a refined, slender silhouette. The intent appears to be a versatile, modern cursive that can add a personal, human touch to titles and accent text without becoming overly ornamental.
Uppercase forms are especially tall and gestural, providing a calligraphic headline feel, while lowercase maintains a simpler handwritten structure. Numerals follow the same slender, handwritten logic, and the punctuation shown blends in quietly without adding heaviness.