Cursive Barob 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, quotes, greeting cards, casual, playful, friendly, handmade, whimsical, human warmth, informality, expressive motion, craft feel, modern casual, brushy, looping, bouncy, airy, clean.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel: tapered entry and exit strokes, soft curves, and occasional swelling in downstrokes that creates a lightly calligraphic rhythm. Letterforms lean forward with a bouncy baseline and uneven, organic spacing that keeps the texture informal. Capitals are tall and simplified with open counters and a mix of looped and straightened terminals, while lowercase forms stay compact with small bowls and slender joins that read as partially connected rather than fully continuous. Numerals match the handwriting with rounded shapes, open forms, and gently irregular proportions.
Well-suited to short-to-medium display settings where warmth is a priority—brand marks, product labels, café menus, invitations, greeting cards, and social media graphics. It also works for pull quotes and headings when paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting text.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, like quick note-taking with a confident marker. Its flowing loops and relaxed rhythm communicate approachability and a modern craft sensibility rather than formality.
Designed to capture the immediacy of casual brush handwriting while maintaining enough regularity to typeset smoothly. The goal appears to be a friendly, contemporary script that feels personal and expressive without becoming overly ornate.
Stroke endings are frequently rounded or softly flicked, and several letters use single-storey, handwritten constructions (notably in the lowercase) that emphasize authenticity. The texture remains fairly clean and consistent, but with intentional variation in widths and connections that helps it feel natural in longer lines of text.