Cursive Umbak 2 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, branding, social media, quotes, greeting cards, casual, friendly, lively, handmade, playful, informality, approachability, handmade feel, display impact, expressive tone, brushy, looping, bouncy, monoline-ish, upright-leaning.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel, showing tapered entries and exits and occasional thicker downstrokes that create a calligraphic rhythm. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with a gentle rightward slant and rounded terminals that keep counters open. Connections are frequent in the lowercase, but not rigidly continuous—strokes lift and rejoin in a natural, note-like cadence. Uppercase forms are simplified and gestural, echoing the same smooth curves and soft joins for a cohesive, informal texture.
Best suited to short, expressive copy such as packaging callouts, boutique branding, social posts, invitations, and quote graphics. It performs especially well in headlines and subheads where the natural stroke variation and looping joins can be appreciated, rather than in long text blocks.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, like quick marker lettering on a card or café sign. Its bouncy movement and looping forms add charm and approachability, giving text an energetic, personable voice without feeling overly formal.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident brush handwriting—easygoing and legible, with enough stroke contrast and connective flow to read as authentic script. Its condensed proportions and lively rhythm suggest a focus on punchy, space-efficient display typography with a friendly, handmade personality.
Ascenders are tall and prominent, and the lowercase relies on clear, single-storey constructions that keep the word shapes recognizable at display sizes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with rounded shapes and slightly uneven widths that reinforce the human, improvised character.