Cursive Olgun 12 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, greeting cards, invitations, quotes, packaging, playful, whimsical, friendly, casual, airy, personal tone, handwritten charm, casual elegance, expressive script, monoline, looping, bouncy, tall ascenders, long descenders.
A lively monoline script with a slight slant and a loose, handwritten rhythm. Strokes stay consistently thin with rounded terminals and frequent looped entries/exits, creating an elastic, bouncy baseline. Proportions lean tall, with prominent ascenders and deep descenders that give the lowercase a delicate, stretched silhouette. Capitals are simple and gestural, often built from a single flowing stroke, and spacing remains open enough to keep word shapes light and airy.
This font works best for display settings where a personable handwritten voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, gift tags, social graphics, short quotes, and light packaging or label headlines. It’s most effective at larger sizes where the thin strokes and tall proportions can stay clear.
The overall tone is informal and upbeat, like quick, confident pen writing. Its looping forms and buoyant movement read as approachable and a bit quirky, lending a personal, conversational feel to short messages and headings.
The design appears intended to capture an easy, pen-written cursive style with a light touch and expressive loops, prioritizing charm and individuality over formality. Its tall, airy construction suggests a goal of keeping compositions feeling open and elegant while still clearly handmade.
Connections between letters are implied rather than rigidly continuous, so the script feel comes from consistent stroke motion and repeated entry/exit loops. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with simple, rounded forms that suit the set’s casual character.