Cursive Nibas 17 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, social posts, invitations, headlines, quotes, casual, airy, friendly, lively, personal, handwritten realism, casual charm, light expressiveness, quick notation, monoline, upright slant, looping, open counters, tall ascenders.
A monoline handwritten script with a lightly right-leaning rhythm and a tall, narrow overall silhouette. Strokes stay fairly even in thickness, with rounded terminals and frequent looped forms, especially in ascenders and in letters like g, y, and z. Uppercase letters are simplified and slender, often reading like quick marker or pen gestures, while lowercase forms are compact with a notably small x-height and long ascenders/descenders. Spacing feels naturally irregular and width varies by letter, creating an organic, written flow rather than a rigid typographic texture.
Well-suited for short display settings such as packaging accents, greeting cards, invitations, social media graphics, and quote treatments where a personal handwritten voice is desired. It works particularly well for headings and pull quotes, or as a secondary script paired with a clean sans for contrast.
The font conveys an informal, personable tone—quick, conversational, and slightly whimsical. Its slim, airy lines and looping shapes give it a lighthearted, handcrafted feel that suits friendly messaging and relaxed branding.
The design appears intended to emulate fast, neat handwriting with a consistent pen pressure and a slender, vertical footprint. Its compact lowercase and elongated extenders prioritize expressive, cursive motion over dense text readability.
In the sample text, the script reads best when allowed some breathing room; the narrow letters and small lowercase bodies can look delicate at small sizes. Numerals are simple and handwritten in character, matching the same thin, rounded stroke behavior seen in the letters.