Cursive Arriv 8 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: social posts, packaging, quotes, greeting cards, logos, friendly, expressive, casual, playful, handcrafted, hand-lettered feel, energetic display, friendly tone, brush script, brushy, bouncy, looping, slanted, high-contrast.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with compact proportions and a lively baseline rhythm. Strokes show pressure-driven modulation, with tapered entries and exits and occasional heavier downstrokes, giving the letterforms a textured, marker-like presence. Counters are small and rounded, ascenders are tall and narrow, and terminals often finish with soft hooks or flicks. The uppercase set mixes simplified script capitals with a few more looped forms, while the lowercase maintains a consistent handwritten cadence and narrow spacing.
Well-suited for short to medium text where personality is desired, such as social graphics, invitations, greeting cards, packaging callouts, and quote-based layouts. It can also work for branding elements like wordmarks when used at larger sizes, where the brushy details and joins remain clear.
The font feels informal and personable, like quick, confident handwriting made with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its energetic curves and springy joins give it a cheerful, conversational tone that reads as approachable rather than formal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-drawn brush lettering while staying consistent enough for repeated use in display settings. It prioritizes expressive movement, narrow footprint, and a bold handwritten voice for attention-grabbing headlines and casual branding.
Connections are frequent in lowercase, but not uniformly continuous, which adds a natural handwritten variability. Some letters feature prominent loops (notably in forms like g, y, and z), and the numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten construction for a cohesive look in mixed content.