Cursive Ponuf 8 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invites, social media, packaging, quotes, friendly, playful, romantic, casual, crafty, handwritten warmth, casual elegance, expressive display, personal voice, brushy, looping, bouncy, airy, upright-leaning.
A lively handwritten script with brush-pen character and pronounced stroke contrast between slender hairlines and fuller downstrokes. The forms are loosely connected and rhythmically uneven in a natural way, with generous loops, long ascenders/descenders, and softly tapered terminals that feel drawn rather than constructed. Letter proportions are slim with a gentle rightward slant, and the baseline has a subtle bounce that keeps words feeling animated. Uppercase shapes are simplified and open, while lowercase emphasizes rounded joins and occasional entry/exit strokes that suggest continuous writing.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where a personal touch is desired: greeting cards, invitations, boutique packaging, café menus, social posts, and pull quotes. It reads cleanly at display sizes and in headings, while the lively joins and loops can become busy in dense paragraphs or at very small sizes.
The overall tone is warm, personal, and upbeat—more like a quick note or hand-lettered caption than formal calligraphy. It conveys approachability and charm, with enough flourish to feel special without becoming overly ornate.
Designed to mimic quick, confident brush handwriting with an informal cursive flow. The intent appears to balance legibility with expressive loops and contrast, giving designers a friendly script for decorative display and personal branding.
Spacing appears slightly variable as in real handwriting, with some letters extending into neighboring space via loops and long strokes (notably in capitals and letters with descenders). Numerals follow the same pen-driven logic, with rounded curves and tapered ends that match the alphabet’s texture.