Cursive Osbem 8 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, headlines, invitations, social posts, airy, casual, delicate, expressive, elegant, handwritten feel, signature look, light elegance, personal tone, display focus, monoline, tall, spidery, looping, bouncy.
A slender, handwritten script with tall proportions and a fine monoline stroke that occasionally swells slightly at curves and joins. The letters are generally upright with a gentle, natural slant variation, and the rhythm alternates between tight, narrow forms and more open, elongated strokes. Ascenders and capitals rise high and often feature long, clean crossbars and extended terminals, while lowercase forms stay small with long, threadlike stems and occasional loops (notably in letters like g, j, y). Spacing is light and slightly irregular in a human way, helping the texture feel airy rather than dense.
This font works best for short to medium-length display settings where its tall, delicate strokes and prominent capitals can be appreciated—such as branding wordmarks, packaging accents, invitations, quotes, and social media graphics. It can also suit light editorial headings, but very small sizes or low-contrast reproduction may reduce clarity due to its fine strokes and small lowercase presence.
The overall tone feels intimate and personal—like quick, neat note-taking or a signature written with a fine pen. Its height and lightness read as graceful and refined, while the slight irregularities and looping descenders keep it friendly and informal.
The design appears intended to capture an elegant, quick handwritten look with a fine-pen feel—balancing a signature-like expressiveness with enough consistency to function as a readable script for display typography.
Capitals are especially prominent and linear, with simplified structures and long strokes that can create a strong horizontal presence (such as in E, F, and T). Numerals follow the same spare, handwritten logic with narrow silhouettes and minimal ornamentation, matching the text well in tone and weight.