Cursive Wivo 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, casual, lively, personal, expressive, friendly, handwritten feel, personal tone, quick emphasis, display script, brushy, slanted, textured, looping, airy.
A slanted, brush-pen script with quick, confident strokes and a lightly textured edge that suggests dry-brush or marker drag. Letterforms are compact and tall, with a tight overall footprint and narrow counters, while stroke endings taper into pointed terminals. The rhythm is moderately connected in lowercase with frequent joining strokes and occasional breaks, creating an energetic handwritten flow. Capitals are simplified and upright-leaning with minimal flourish, pairing cleanly with the more looped lowercase. Numerals match the hand-drawn feel, using single-stroke gestures and open shapes.
Best suited to short, expressive copy such as branding accents, packaging callouts, posters, social graphics, invitations, and pull quotes. It works especially well when you want a handwritten note or brush-script emphasis, and when set with generous spacing or at display sizes to preserve clarity.
The font conveys an informal, personable tone—like fast note-taking or a signature written with a brush pen. Its slightly rough stroke texture and forward slant add momentum and spontaneity, keeping it approachable rather than formal.
The design appears intended to mimic a quick brush-pen handwriting style—compact, slanted, and energetic—providing a natural, personal voice for display typography while retaining enough consistency for repeated use.
Ascenders are prominent and many lowercase forms rely on narrow apertures, which can make dense text feel busy at small sizes. The overall texture stays consistent across letters and digits, giving headings and short phrases a cohesive handwritten color.