Cursive Panil 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, social posts, posters, quotes, branding, casual, friendly, expressive, energetic, informal, human touch, quick signature, casual emphasis, expressive display, brushy, loose, slanted, rounded, tapered.
A lively handwritten script with a consistent rightward slant and a brush-pen feel. Strokes show tapered entries and exits with occasional heavier downstrokes, giving a natural medium contrast without feeling calligraphically strict. Letterforms are narrow and upright-to-slanted with open counters, compact proportions, and a notably small x-height relative to the ascenders and capitals. Connections are suggested by flowing terminals and cursive rhythm, but the texture remains slightly irregular like quick ink writing, helping it stay readable while still expressive.
Well-suited to short, high-impact text where an informal human touch is needed—packaging callouts, social media graphics, posters, and quote treatments. It can also work for friendly branding accents or headings when paired with a neutral text face for longer reading.
The font reads as personable and spontaneous, like a confident note written with a marker or brush pen. Its quick, gestural curves and soft joins create an approachable tone that feels modern-casual rather than formal or ceremonial.
Designed to capture the look of fast, natural cursive made with a brushy pen, balancing expressive strokes with consistent enough structure for clear word recognition. The emphasis appears to be on energetic rhythm, distinctive capitals, and flowing descenders to create character in display settings.
Capitals are prominent and loop-forward, creating strong word shapes in headlines. Descenders are long and sweeping (notably in letters like g, j, y), adding motion and a slightly bouncy baseline. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with rounded forms and simplified, speedy construction.