Cursive Umlay 13 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social posts, packaging, invitations, quotes, friendly, casual, lively, playful, personal, hand-lettered feel, friendly tone, casual display, personal notes, brushy, looped, bouncy, organic, expressive.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel, combining smooth connecting strokes with occasional lifted joins. Letterforms lean forward with a rhythmic, bouncy baseline and generous curves, while stroke modulation creates crisp hairlines against fuller downstrokes. Capitals are simplified and airy, often formed from single sweeping gestures with open counters and subtle entry/exit hooks. The overall spacing feels fluid and handwritten, with slightly irregular widths and a natural, flowing cadence across words and numbers.
Best suited to short to medium-length display text where personality is desired—greeting cards, invitations, social graphics, packaging accents, and pull quotes. It can also work for headlines or subheads paired with a simple sans for body copy, especially when an informal, handwritten voice is the goal.
The font reads warm and approachable, like quick but confident hand lettering on a card or note. Its looping joins and energetic slant add a cheerful, conversational tone that feels informal and human rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush-script handwriting: expressive and legible at display sizes, with enough stroke contrast and looping structure to feel crafted while still retaining a spontaneous, personal character.
Ascenders and descenders are long and expressive, giving the line a vertical liveliness; loops in letters like g, y, and f add flourish without becoming overly ornate. Numerals share the same handwritten rhythm, with curvy forms and varied stroke endings that keep them consistent with the letterforms.