Cursive Arbek 13 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social posts, posters, greeting cards, friendly, playful, casual, crafty, lively, handwritten warmth, modern script, casual display, brush lettering, brushy, bouncy, looping, monoline-like, hand-inked.
A lively handwritten script with brush-pen character and a slightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin contrast, with heavier downstrokes and lighter hairline connectors, producing an inked, calligraphic feel. Letterforms are compact and tall, with narrow proportions, small counters, and a relatively modest x-height compared to the ascenders. Connections are common in lowercase, while capitals read more like standalone drawn forms, giving a mixed script/display behavior in text.
Well-suited to short, expressive text such as logos, product names, packaging callouts, invitations, greeting cards, posters, and social media graphics. It can work for brief paragraphs when set large enough to preserve the thin connecting strokes, but it’s most effective as an accent or display script.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like quick but confident note-taking with a brush pen. Its narrow, energetic forms feel upbeat and crafty, suggesting warmth and approachability rather than formality.
The design appears intended to mimic a modern brush-script handwriting style that stays narrow and tidy while retaining natural stroke contrast and hand-made irregularity. It aims to deliver an approachable, contemporary handwritten voice that stands out in headlines and branded phrases.
Ascenders are long and prominent, and several letters use simplified joins that keep words moving without becoming overly ornate. Numerals and capitals maintain the same hand-drawn contrast, helping headings and short phrases feel cohesive with body-size script settings, though the delicate hairlines imply better performance at moderate to larger sizes.