Cursive Dalem 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, posters, social media, packaging, quotes, casual, friendly, playful, lively, personal, handwritten feel, expressive display, casual warmth, brush realism, brushy, organic, bouncy, rounded, expressive.
This font has a brush-pen handwritten build with fluid, right-leaning strokes and gently irregular rhythm. Letterforms are tall and compact, with a notably small lowercase presence relative to the ascenders and capitals, creating a stacked vertical feel. Strokes show natural pressure changes and tapered terminals, with rounded joins and occasional looped counters. Spacing and widths vary per glyph, keeping the texture hand-made while remaining cohesive across the alphabet and numerals.
It works well for short to medium-length display copy where a human, handwritten feel is desirable—brand accents, packaging callouts, posters, social media graphics, and quote treatments. It can also support headings and subheads, especially when paired with a neutral text face for body copy.
The overall tone is warm, informal, and energetic, like quick confident handwriting with a marker or brush pen. Its bouncy proportions and lively stroke endings give it a personable, conversational voice suited to upbeat messaging rather than formal typography.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush handwriting with a clean, repeatable alphabet—capturing natural motion, pressure variation, and a friendly personal tone while staying legible in common display sizes.
Capitals are prominent and gesture-driven, while lowercase forms stay compact with tall ascenders, which increases contrast between cases in mixed text. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with open shapes and simple, readable constructions that keep the line color consistent in running text.