Cursive Wiby 1 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, wedding stationery, quotations, packaging, elegant, romantic, personal, vintage, airy, handwritten charm, elegant script, signature feel, decorative capitals, personal tone, looping, calligraphic, slanted, delicate, flourished.
A delicate, slanted script with smooth, continuous strokes and a lightly calligraphic rhythm. Letterforms are narrow-to-open in their internal spacing with frequent loops in ascenders and descenders, giving words a flowing, ribbon-like line. Stroke endings taper subtly and many capitals feature extended entry/exit strokes, while lowercase forms stay compact and quick, creating a lively baseline motion. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, slightly curled forms that blend comfortably alongside text.
This font suits short to medium text where a personable, handwritten feel is desired—such as invitations, wedding pieces, greeting cards, quote graphics, and small branding touches on labels or packaging. It performs especially well for names, headings, and highlighted phrases where its flourished capitals can lead the line.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, like neat penmanship used for invitations or personal notes. Its looping capitals and airy stroke presence add a touch of vintage charm without feeling overly formal, leaning more expressive than businesslike.
The design appears intended to emulate tidy cursive pen writing with a light, elegant touch, balancing everyday handwriting familiarity with enough flourish for display use. The emphasis on looping joins and expressive capitals suggests a focus on warmth, charm, and signature-like character in headings and short passages.
Capitals are noticeably more decorative than the lowercase, with broader gestures and occasional long swashes that can increase word width at the start of names or headings. In running text, the connected structure produces a consistent cadence, though the small lowercase height keeps the texture fine and understated.