Cursive Kalun 6 is a regular weight, very wide, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, posters, greeting cards, playful, casual, friendly, expressive, retro, hand-lettered feel, warmth, informality, motion, personality, brushy, looping, bouncy, rounded, lively.
A lively cursive script with a brush-pen feel and a clear rightward slant. Strokes show pronounced contrast between thicker downstrokes and finer hairlines, with tapered terminals and occasional swelling through curves. Letterforms are generously wide and loosely connected, with variable spacing and rhythmic, sweeping joins that keep the texture airy rather than dense. Descenders are long and curvy, and many characters feature soft, rounded bowls and open counters that help preserve legibility in flowing words.
Best suited to short, expressive settings such as headlines, logotypes, product packaging, posters, invitations, and social graphics where the lively stroke contrast and sweeping connections can be appreciated. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers, especially when given generous size and spacing.
The font reads as informal and personable, with a buoyant, handwritten cadence that feels spontaneous rather than polished. Its wide, looping movement and brushy contrast give it a warm, upbeat tone that can lean slightly nostalgic, like hand-lettered signage or greeting-card script.
Designed to mimic quick, confident brush handwriting with cursive continuity and expressive width. The intent appears to balance charm and readability by keeping counters open and forms rounded while letting the joins, swashes, and contrast carry the personality.
Capitals tend to be prominent and gesture-driven, often starting with bold lead-in strokes that set a calligraphic rhythm across a line. In text, the baseline has a subtly elastic feel from the varied joins and spacing, which adds charm and motion but can make long passages feel busy at smaller sizes.