Cursive Rikes 10 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, posters, social media, playful, friendly, casual, energetic, warm, handwritten feel, casual display, friendly tone, brush lettering, bold impact, brushy, rounded, bouncy, chunky, inked.
A compact, brush-pen script with thick, rounded strokes and a steady rightward slant. Letterforms are built from smooth, looping gestures with soft terminals and occasional swelling at curves, giving a hand-inked feel rather than a rigid constructed script. Spacing is slightly irregular in a natural way, with connected rhythm in many lowercase combinations and clear, simplified uppercase forms that echo the same brushy weight and curvature. Numerals are similarly rounded and lively, favoring open shapes and bold counters for quick recognition.
Best suited to short display settings such as headlines, logos, labels, packaging, posters, and social graphics where a bold handwritten personality is desirable. It can also work for invitations or quote-style layouts when set with comfortable tracking and ample line spacing to keep the dense texture from crowding.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, reading like confident marker lettering used for notes, packaging, or casual headlines. Its bouncy rhythm and generous curves make it feel approachable and informal, with enough punch to stay energetic in short phrases.
Designed to capture the immediacy of brush lettering in a repeatable, font-based form—prioritizing expressiveness, rounded friendliness, and strong presence over formal calligraphic precision. The consistent slant and simplified shapes aim for quick readability while preserving a natural hand-made cadence.
The heavy stroke mass and rounded joins create strong texture in lines of text, especially where connections tighten in common letter pairs. Uppercase characters are more standalone and display-like, pairing well with the more fluid lowercase for mixed-case titles.