Cursive Kiby 2 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, headlines, quotes, elegant, romantic, graceful, airy, vintage, penmanship, formality, flourish, personal note, looping, swashy, calligraphic, delicate, flowing.
A delicate, slanted script with high-contrast strokes that alternate between hairline upstrokes and sharper, slightly heavier downstrokes. Letterforms are compact and narrow with a notably low x-height, long ascenders and descenders, and frequent entry/exit strokes that create a continuous written rhythm. Counters are small and teardrop-like, curves are smooth and sweeping, and many capitals feature extended loops and gentle swashes. Overall spacing feels tight and refined, emphasizing a quick, fluid pen movement rather than monoline uniformity.
Well suited to invitations, wedding stationery, and small doses of display typography where elegance and motion are desired. It can work nicely for boutique branding, greeting cards, pull quotes, and short headlines, especially when given generous whitespace to let the swashes and loops breathe.
The font conveys a refined, romantic tone with a light, airy presence. Its looping capitals and brisk, handwritten cadence suggest a classic, formal-leaning personal script—polished enough for ceremony, yet still intimate and human.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, graceful penmanship with a calligraphic contrast, prioritizing fluid connection and decorative capitals for expressive wordmarks and formal personal messaging.
Capitals are especially expressive, with large initial strokes and curved terminals that can become prominent in word settings. Lowercase forms remain compact and rhythmic, while the numerals share the same slanted, lightly calligraphic construction for visual continuity.