Cursive Gomab 5 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, quotes, headlines, romantic, personal, elegant, airy, expressive, handwritten warmth, display elegance, signature feel, decorative capitals, looping, fluid, calligraphic, monoline, swashy.
A fluid, handwritten script with a pronounced rightward slant and an airy, lightly drawn stroke. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with frequent loops and occasional long ascenders/descenders, giving the line a graceful vertical rhythm. Strokes read mostly monoline with subtle thick–thin modulation from pen-like movement, and terminals tend to taper into fine points or rounded finishes. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the hand-drawn cadence while maintaining consistent overall texture in words and short lines.
Well-suited to invitations and announcements, boutique branding, product packaging, and short quote treatments where an elegant handwritten feel is desired. It performs best at display sizes for headings, names, and emphasis lines, where the looping capitals and fine strokes can be appreciated.
The overall tone is intimate and polished, like neat personal handwriting with a touch of calligraphic flair. It feels friendly and romantic rather than formal, projecting warmth, ease, and a lightly stylish sophistication.
The design appears intended to emulate refined, everyday cursive—legible and flowing—while adding extra charm through expressive capitals and gentle pen-like modulation. It aims to provide a stylish handwritten voice for display typography without looking overly rigid or mechanical.
Capitals are notably more decorative, using larger loops and occasional swash-like entries that create strong word-shape anchors in headings. The lowercase maintains a smoother, simpler flow, with open counters and generous white space that keeps the texture from becoming dense. Numerals match the script’s stroke and slant, reading as hand-written rather than strictly constructed.