Cursive Mara 13 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logos, packaging, invitations, greeting cards, headlines, romantic, vintage, friendly, elegant, whimsical, handwritten charm, signature look, expressive display, decorative caps, brushy, looping, slanted, flourished, bouncy.
A slanted cursive script with a brush-pen feel, featuring tapered entry and exit strokes and rounded terminals. Letterforms show lively rhythm and slight irregularity, with generous loops in capitals and occasional swashes that extend above and below the line. Strokes alternate between thicker downstrokes and finer connecting strokes, creating a smooth calligraphic flow. Overall proportions are compact with small lowercase bodies and long ascenders/descenders, and spacing varies to keep a natural handwritten texture.
Best suited for short to medium-length display text where its loops and swashes can shine—logos, product labels, invitations, greeting cards, and expressive headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or social graphics when set with comfortable spacing and ample line height to accommodate ascenders and descenders.
The font conveys a personable, romantic tone with a touch of vintage charm. Its flowing joins and playful flourishes feel warm and expressive rather than formal, suggesting handwritten notes, boutique branding, and celebratory messaging.
Likely designed to mimic quick, confident brush lettering with elegant cursive movement while retaining readability in mixed-case settings. The emphasis on decorative capitals and flowing connectors suggests an intention to provide a distinctive signature-like voice for branding and celebratory or personal communication.
Uppercase characters are notably decorative and sometimes more ornate than the lowercase, which can make mixed-case text feel expressive but visually active. Numerals follow the same cursive, slightly swashed logic as the letters, helping them blend into display settings. The overall texture is lively, with subtle variation in stroke endings and connections that reinforces a hand-rendered impression.