Cursive Rukar 12 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, posters, social media, greeting cards, playful, friendly, casual, handmade, lively, handmade feel, friendly branding, expressive display, casual tone, bouncy, rounded, brushy, chunky, loopy.
A casual brush-script with rounded terminals, pronounced thick–thin stroke shifts, and an energetic, slightly bouncy baseline. Letterforms lean mostly upright, with narrow overall proportions and variable glyph widths that create a hand-drawn rhythm. Strokes often swell on downstrokes and taper into soft, ink-like ends; counters are compact and curves are generously rounded. Connections appear intermittently in the lowercase, giving a cursive flow without forcing every letter to fully join.
Best suited for short-form display use such as headlines, packaging callouts, posters, and social media graphics where its expressive stroke modulation and bouncy rhythm can read clearly. It also works well for invitations, greeting cards, and casual branding accents when a personable handwritten tone is desired.
The font reads warm and approachable, with a spontaneous handwritten feel that suggests quick marker or brush lettering. Its lively cadence and soft, rounded forms make it feel informal and personable, suited to upbeat, conversational messaging.
The design appears intended to emulate informal brush lettering with a clean, consistent character set, balancing readable shapes with expressive stroke contrast. It aims to deliver a friendly, handcrafted voice for display typography without the fussiness of highly decorative script forms.
Capitals are tall and simplified, designed to stand out as headline forms while staying stylistically consistent with the lowercase. Numerals and punctuation match the brushy modulation and maintain the same friendly, hand-rendered character, though the strong stroke contrast can fill in at very small sizes.