Cursive Tikad 5 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, social media, playful, energetic, casual, friendly, handmade, handmade feel, expressive display, casual warmth, brush lettering, brushy, textured, bouncy, looping, rounded.
A bold, brush-pen style script with compact proportions and a forward-leaning rhythm. Strokes are rounded and slightly uneven, with visible texture and ink-like edge wobble that reinforces a handmade feel. Letterforms show casual cursive connections and looped joins, with occasional breaks and varying glyph widths that create a lively, bouncy line. Counters are small and shapes are simplified, favoring speed and gesture over crisp geometry.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, logo lockups, labels, and social media graphics where personality matters more than precision. It can also work for pull quotes or display-sized captions, but the heavy texture and tight counters suggest avoiding very small sizes or dense paragraphs.
The font conveys an upbeat, informal tone—like quick marker lettering on a poster or packaging. Its spirited slant, chunky strokes, and playful loops give it a friendly, personable voice suited to expressive, conversational messaging.
Designed to emulate expressive brush handwriting with a strong, contemporary casual script feel. The goal appears to be fast, confident strokes and a lively cadence that reads as personal and approachable in display settings.
Uppercase forms read as simplified, brush-drawn capitals that pair naturally with the more fluid lowercase. Numerals follow the same casual, handwritten logic with rounded terminals and uneven stroke weight, keeping the overall texture consistent in mixed text.