Cursive Upred 5 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, logotypes, packaging, invites, headlines, elegant, expressive, romantic, fashion-forward, airy, signature feel, display impact, elevated tone, personal warmth, brush lettering, brushy, calligraphic, looping, fluid, dynamic.
A flowing script with a brush-pen feel, combining sharp hairline upstrokes with fuller, tapered downstrokes. Letterforms are strongly slanted with long, sweeping entry and exit strokes, and a lively baseline rhythm that alternates between tight joins and open, looping counters. Uppercase characters are prominent and gestural, often built from a single continuous motion with extended swashes, while lowercase forms stay compact with delicate terminals and minimal footprint. Overall spacing is tight and rhythmic, with noticeable stroke tapering and occasional textured edges that suggest quick, hand-drawn pressure changes.
Best suited to short-form settings where the expressive capitals and stroke contrast can shine, such as brand marks, beauty and fashion packaging, invitations, and display headlines. It also works well for pull quotes or hero text when set with generous line spacing to accommodate ascenders and swashes.
The font conveys a refined, personal tone—part modern signature, part fashion editorial. Its quick, confident strokes and swashy capitals add drama and intimacy, giving text a polished yet spontaneous character. The overall impression is stylish and romantic rather than casual or playful.
Designed to emulate confident, fast brush lettering with a signature-like cadence, prioritizing gesture and contrast over uniformity. The design aims to deliver an upscale handwritten voice for display typography, with decorative capitals and streamlined lowercase for readable word shapes at larger sizes.
Capitals carry much of the visual personality through large loops and long cross-strokes, creating a strong typographic contrast between headline initials and the smaller, more restrained lowercase. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with slanted, simplified forms and tapered terminals that fit naturally into script settings.