Cursive Dakuh 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social posts, invitations, quotes, casual, friendly, playful, personal, lively, handwritten feel, expressive display, casual warmth, brush script, brushy, looping, fluid, bouncy, expressive.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel, built from swift, slightly slanted strokes and rounded terminals. Letterforms show noticeable stroke modulation and a rhythmic alternation of thickened downstrokes and lighter connecting strokes. The shapes lean on open counters, long ascenders/descenders, and occasional looped entries and exits, giving words a continuous, flowing texture even when characters don’t fully connect. Spacing and widths vary organically across the alphabet, reinforcing an informal, hand-drawn cadence.
Best suited to short display text where personality is a priority—logos, labels, packaging callouts, social media graphics, invitations, and quote-style headings. It also works well for accent text in posters or editorial layouts when paired with a neutral sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, with an energetic, spontaneous character that reads like quick marker lettering. Its looping forms and buoyant rhythm suggest friendliness and approachability, leaning toward playful and personable rather than formal or restrained.
This design appears intended to capture the immediacy of casual brush handwriting while maintaining consistent rhythm and legibility across a full alphanumeric set, delivering an expressive script voice for modern, informal display typography.
Capitals are showy and gestural, with simplified, calligraphic silhouettes that pair with smaller, compact lowercase. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with rounded forms and slightly irregular proportions that match the script’s natural variability.