Cursive Obgas 12 is a very light, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, headlines, social media, invitations, airy, casual, elegant, youthful, whimsical, handwritten charm, signature style, light elegance, friendly personality, monoline, tall, loopy, bouncy, open counters.
A delicate monoline script with a pronounced rightward slant and tall, elongated proportions. Strokes stay consistently thin with rounded terminals and gentle, looped joins, creating a smooth, handwritten rhythm. Uppercase forms are narrow and vertical with simple, calligraphic construction, while lowercase letters use compact bodies and long ascenders/descenders that add a wiry, drawn-with-a-pen feel. Numerals follow the same light, flowing line, with open shapes and minimal detailing.
Best suited to logos, boutique branding, packaging accents, and short display lines where its thin strokes and looping forms can stay crisp. It also works well for invitations, greeting cards, and social media graphics that benefit from a light, handwritten signature feel; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous line spacing help maintain clarity.
The overall tone is breezy and personable, balancing a hint of elegance with an informal, sketchbook spontaneity. Its narrow, looping forms read as friendly and expressive rather than formal or rigid, giving text a light, conversational character.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, stylish pen handwriting—lightweight and narrow, with graceful loops and a relaxed baseline flow. It aims to deliver an approachable signature-like voice while keeping forms clean and consistent enough for repeated display use.
Letterforms show a mix of connected and lightly separated behavior in running text, so the texture feels natural and handwritten rather than mechanically uniform. Long extenders and tight internal spaces can make dense settings feel delicate, but they add distinctive vertical rhythm in titles and short phrases.