Cursive Sulez 5 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, reverse italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, greeting cards, playful, whimsical, friendly, retro, storybook, expressiveness, handmade feel, decorative flair, approachability, bouncy, rounded, brushed, looped, quirky.
This font has a lively, hand-drawn cursive construction with a consistent rightward slant and a bouncy baseline. Strokes show strong thick–thin modulation, with heavier downstrokes and tapered entries and exits that resemble a brush or flexible pen. Letterforms are generally wide and open, using rounded bowls and frequent looped terminals (notably in descenders and the occasional swash-like finish), while spacing and widths vary to preserve an informal written rhythm. Capitals are bold and prominent with simplified, slightly decorative forms, and numerals follow the same high-contrast, calligraphic logic with soft curves and tapered ends.
Best suited for short to medium-length text where personality matters—headlines, posters, packaging, café menus, invitations, greeting cards, and brand marks that want a friendly handwritten voice. It can work in larger sizes for pull quotes or section headers, where the high contrast and playful swashes have room to show.
The overall tone is cheerful and characterful, like casual signage or a storybook heading. Its energetic slant and looping details give it a personable, slightly mischievous feel, balancing charm with a touch of retro display flair.
The design appears intended to mimic an expressive brush-pen handwriting style while remaining cohesive and legible as a font. Its wide, looping forms and bouncy rhythm suggest a goal of delivering warmth and informality with enough visual flair for display use.
The design leans display-oriented: the pronounced contrast, decorative terminals, and variable letter widths create strong texture and movement, especially in mixed-case settings. Curves are smooth and rounded rather than jagged, and the italic-like posture helps words read as a continuous gesture even when connections are intermittent.