Cursive Utmam 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, packaging, posters, social media, expressive, personal, energetic, casual, artistic, handwritten feel, brush lettering, display impact, modern branding, brushy, slanted, textured, tapered, looping.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with tapered entry and exit strokes and visible texture that suggests dry-brush pressure changes. Letterforms are narrow and upright in rhythm, with tall ascenders and deep descenders creating a lively vertical cadence. Strokes show strong thick-to-thin modulation and slightly irregular edges, giving a hand-rendered, kinetic feel rather than polished uniformity. Connections are common but not perfectly continuous, and spacing varies subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the organic writing impression.
This font is best suited to short, prominent text where its texture and contrast can be appreciated—branding wordmarks, posters, packaging, social media graphics, and pull quotes. It also works well for accent lines in invitations or editorial layouts when paired with a calm, legible companion face. For longer passages or small sizes, the narrow proportions and textured brush strokes may reduce clarity.
The overall tone is expressive and personable, like quick handwritten notes or a brush-lettered headline. Its sharp contrasts and lively stroke breaks add energy and a bit of drama, while the narrow forms keep it from feeling overly playful. The result reads as modern handmade lettering with an artistic, slightly edgy character.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush handwriting—fast, expressive strokes with natural tapering and slight irregularities—while staying cohesive enough for display typography. Its narrow build and strong modulation suggest a focus on dramatic, space-efficient word shapes for modern branding and titling.
Uppercase forms are tall and gestural, often built from a few confident strokes, while lowercase letters rely on compact bodies with prominent loops on letters like g, y, and f. Numerals follow the same brush logic with simple, handwritten shapes and tapered terminals, maintaining consistency with the alphabet.