Cursive Nelig 7 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, greeting cards, casual, expressive, playful, quirky, hand-drawn, handwritten feel, expressive display, personal voice, casual charm, loopy, bouncy, sketchy, fluid, informal.
A loose, pen-drawn script with irregular stroke edges and a lightly wobbly baseline that preserves the feel of quick handwriting. Letterforms mix rounded bowls with sharp, tapered joins, producing a lively rhythm and moderate stroke variation. Capitals are noticeably larger and more gestural, often built from single sweeping strokes, while lowercase forms are compact and simplified with occasional joins and open counters. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, giving words an organic, hand-set texture rather than a rigid typographic cadence.
Well-suited to short display text such as posters, titles, labels, and logo-style wordmarks where its animated capitals can lead the composition. It also works for packaging and greeting-card style applications that benefit from an informal, personal voice. For longer passages, larger sizes and generous line spacing help maintain clarity and preserve the natural handwritten rhythm.
The overall tone is friendly and spontaneous, with a slightly mischievous, doodled personality. Big, swooping capitals and elastic curves add theatrical emphasis, making the font feel conversational and personal rather than formal or corporate.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of handwritten marker or pen lettering—prioritizing expressiveness, individual character shapes, and lively word silhouettes over strict uniformity. Its dramatic capitals and simplified lowercase suggest a focus on display-led typography that feels personal and energetic.
Several characters feature distinctive, calligraphic entry/exit strokes and elongated terminals (notably in capitals and in letters like y, z, and j), which can create strong word-shape signatures. Numerals and punctuation-like forms keep the same handwritten logic, reading best when allowed some breathing room rather than tightly tracked settings.