Cursive Nulid 5 is a light, normal width, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, social posts, packaging, quotes, friendly, casual, playful, personal, warm, handwritten feel, friendly tone, everyday script, personal voice, flowing, rounded, looping, bouncy, monoline.
A relaxed, cursive handwritten face with a smooth monoline stroke and a consistent rightward slant. Letterforms are rounded and open, with generous loops in many ascenders and descenders and softly tapered terminals that mimic quick pen lifts. The baseline rhythm is slightly bouncy, and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an authentic hand-drawn cadence. Uppercase forms are simplified and airy, blending comfortably with the lowercase rather than acting as rigid display capitals; numerals follow the same informal, slightly irregular handwriting logic.
Well suited for short-to-medium text where an informal, human touch is desired—greeting cards, invitations, quote graphics, social media overlays, product tags, and lifestyle packaging. It can also work for headings or pull quotes in editorial contexts when a personal, handwritten voice is needed.
The overall tone is approachable and conversational, like neat personal notes or a friendly label written with a fine-tip pen. Its looping joins and buoyant rhythm give it a lighthearted, charming feel without becoming overly decorative.
Designed to emulate tidy, everyday cursive writing with a consistent pen-like stroke, prioritizing warmth and readability while preserving the natural variability and motion of real handwriting.
Connections between letters are present but not strictly continuous in every pair, which reads as natural handwriting rather than formal script. Counters remain clear at text sizes, while the most distinctive character comes through in the looped forms and long, sweeping strokes on letters like g, y, and j.