Cursive Ragaz 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, social media, packaging, quotes, friendly, casual, romantic, crafty, lively, handwritten feel, personal tone, brush lettering, casual display, signature accent, brushy, looped, slanted, bouncy, monoline-ish.
A slanted, brush-pen cursive with high-contrast strokes and tapered terminals that mimic pressure changes. Letterforms show a lively, handwritten rhythm with rounded bowls, soft joins, and occasional exaggerated entry/exit strokes that add motion. Uppercase characters read as simplified script capitals with open counters and modest flourishes, while lowercase forms lean toward a connected, flowing construction with looped ascenders/descenders. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, written-by-hand texture in text settings.
Well-suited for short to medium-length display copy where a friendly handwritten voice is desired—such as invitations, greeting cards, product packaging, café menus, social posts, and pull-quote graphics. It can also work for signature-style accents or headings paired with a neutral text face.
The overall tone feels warm, personable, and slightly playful—like quick, confident lettering used for notes, invitations, or boutique branding. Its energetic slant and smooth curves convey approachability and charm rather than formality.
This design appears intended to recreate the look of quick brush lettering in a consistent, reusable font: fluid, legible, and expressive, with enough variation in stroke and form to feel human while remaining cohesive across a full alphabet and numerals.
The narrow proportions and short lowercase bodies create a compact text line, while the pronounced loops and long descenders (notably in letters like g, y, and j) add expressive vertical accents. Numerals follow the same handwritten, brushy logic with simple shapes and light finishing flicks.