Cursive Yife 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logos, posters, packaging, social media, headlines, casual, energetic, handmade, playful, expressive, handwritten feel, brush lettering, personal tone, display impact, brushy, slanted, textured, looping, bouncy.
A lively, brush-pen script with a pronounced rightward slant and a compact overall footprint. Strokes show medium modulation with occasional dry-brush texture and slightly uneven edges, creating a convincingly handmade line. Letterforms are narrow and tall with a small x-height and long, sweeping ascenders/descenders; counters stay relatively open despite the condensed proportions. Connections are frequent in lowercase, but joins vary naturally, and terminals often end in tapered flicks or hooked exits that add momentum across a word.
Well-suited to logos, posters, and packaging that benefit from a human, brush-script signature. It works best for short headlines, taglines, and callouts where texture and motion are desirable; for longer text, the tight width and small x-height may reduce readability at smaller sizes.
The font reads as informal and personable, with quick, confident strokes that feel spontaneous rather than polished. Its energetic rhythm and textured brush character give it a friendly, craft-forward tone that can also feel slightly edgy in short bursts.
The design appears intended to mimic fast brush lettering—capturing the irregular pressure, tapered starts and finishes, and natural variation you’d get from a marker or brush pen. Its narrow, upright-to-slanted construction suggests a focus on impactful, space-efficient display lettering with a personal, handwritten voice.
Caps are more gestural and standalone, while lowercase carries the continuous writing flow; this mixed behavior creates a dynamic texture in title case. Numerals keep the same brisk, handwritten feel, with simple, slanted shapes and minimal ornamentation.