Cursive Nibas 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, packaging, social posts, headlines, friendly, casual, playful, personal, lively, handwritten realism, approachability, informal branding, quick note feel, monoline, looped, bouncy, upright-leaning, airy.
A monoline handwritten script with a brisk rightward slant and elastic rhythm. Strokes keep an even thickness with rounded turns, occasional tapered starts/finishes, and a lightly wobbled baseline that reinforces the hand-drawn feel. Uppercase forms are tall and spacious with simple looped construction, while lowercase shows compact bodies with long, swinging ascenders/descenders (notably in g, j, y). Counters are open and joins are selectively connected, creating a flowing texture without becoming densely knotted.
Works best for short to medium-length text where personality is desired: invitations, greeting cards, product packaging, café menus, social media graphics, and informal branding accents. It also performs well as a headline or pull-quote style when set with generous spacing.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, like quick neat handwriting used for notes or invites. Its looping capitals and buoyant extenders add a slightly whimsical, upbeat character while staying clean enough for everyday use.
The design appears intended to capture fast, natural handwriting in a polished, reusable form—combining consistent monoline construction with enough irregular movement to feel human and expressive.
Letterforms favor clarity through open apertures and straightforward shapes, but the lively stroke endings and variable linking introduce intentional irregularity. Numerals are simple and readable, matching the same continuous-pen logic as the letters.