Cursive Timet 8 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: social posts, packaging, invitations, quotes, branding, friendly, casual, playful, handmade, breezy, handmade feel, personal tone, expressive display, casual branding, brushy, rounded, loose, lively, organic.
A lively brush-pen script with rounded terminals and subtly modulated strokes that mimic pressure changes. Letterforms lean forward and keep a relaxed, handwritten rhythm, with variable widths and slightly uneven spacing that enhance the natural feel. Curves are soft and open, ascenders are tall and prominent, and joins are selective rather than fully continuous, giving the texture of quick, confident writing. Numerals follow the same informal construction with simplified shapes and smooth, swooping strokes.
This font works well for short to medium-length display copy where a friendly handwritten voice is desirable, such as packaging callouts, invitations, social media graphics, and quote layouts. It’s especially effective for brand touchpoints that benefit from a personal, artisanal feel, and for headings where the energetic stroke rhythm can be appreciated.
The overall tone is warm and personable, balancing legibility with an easygoing, conversational character. Its motion and soft edges feel approachable and upbeat, with a hand-signed quality suited to informal messaging.
The design appears intended to capture the look of quick brush lettering in a clean, repeatable font: expressive, slightly irregular, and personable while staying readable in common headline and accent-text scenarios.
Capitals are bold and gestural, often reading like single-stroke brush forms that set an expressive cadence at word starts. The lowercase shows noticeable personality in letter shapes (notably looped and hooked forms), producing a handcrafted texture that becomes more distinctive at larger sizes.