All 12 cursive styles
Unicode has one light and one bold script alphabet; every other cursive look is one of those with something layered on top. This page shows what each style is made of, so you can pick by how it renders rather than by name.
| Style | Sample | Built from | Layer | Discord | X (Twitter) | TikTok | Screen readers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursive scriptPopular · Elegant | 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓋ℯ | Mathematical Script | — | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor |
| Bold cursivePopular · Bold | 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 | Mathematical Bold Script | — | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor |
| Italic cursiveItalic · Elegant | 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 | Mathematical Italic | — | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor |
| Bold italic cursiveItalic · Bold | 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 | Mathematical Bold Italic | — | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor |
| Fancy cursivePopular · Decorated | ✦ 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 ✦ | Mathematical Bold Script | ✦ … ✦ | Good | Good | Good | Limited | Poor |
| Aesthetic cursiveDecorated · Social | ˚₊‧ 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓋ℯ ‧₊˚ | Mathematical Script | ˚₊‧ … ‧₊˚ | Good | Good | Good | Limited | Poor |
| Cursive with heartsDecorated · Social | ♡𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮♡ | Mathematical Bold Script | ♡ word ♡ | Good | Good | Good | Limited | Poor |
| Underlined cursiveDecorated | 𝒞̲𝓊̲𝓇̲𝓈̲𝒾̲𝓋̲ℯ̲ | Mathematical Script | U+0332 combining low line | Limited | Good | Good | Limited | Poor |
| Vintage cursiveDecorated · Elegant | ❦ 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓋ℯ ❧ | Mathematical Script | ❦ … ❧ | Good | Good | Good | Limited | Poor |
| Spaced cursiveElegant | 𝒞 𝓊 𝓇 𝓈 𝒾 𝓋 ℯ | Mathematical Script | U+200A hair space | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor |
| Struck cursiveDecorated | 𝓒̶𝓾̶𝓻̶𝓼̶𝓲̶𝓿̶𝓮̶ | Mathematical Bold Script | U+0336 combining long stroke | Limited | Good | Good | Limited | Poor |
| Handwritten slantItalic · Bold | 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 | Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic | — | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor |
How to read the table
Built from names the Unicode alphabet that supplies the letters. Only Bold Script is complete; the light Script alphabet has eleven letters borrowed from the older Letterlike Symbols block, and Italic has one. Those borrowed glyphs are the usual reason a single letter looks heavier or more ornate than its neighbours.
Layer is what the style adds on top: an ornament character at each end, a combining mark attached to every letter, or a hair space between letters. Ornaments are separate characters and can be edited after pasting. Combining marks travel with each letter and are the one thing some apps strip on input — which is why underlined and struck cursive are marked Limited on Instagram and TikTok.
Good means the style renders as intended on current versions of that platform in bios, captions and display names. Limited means it renders but ornaments may shrink or shift, or a combining mark may be dropped. Usernames are not scored: no major platform accepts any of these characters in a username.