Cursive Tikoh 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, playful, casual, friendly, crafty, lively, hand-lettered feel, casual display, human warmth, expressive rhythm, brushy, rounded, bouncy, informal, energetic.
A lively cursive script with brush-like strokes and rounded terminals, showing noticeable stroke swell and tapered entries. The letterforms lean consistently and move with a bouncy baseline rhythm, mixing occasional joins with frequent pen-lifts for a natural handwritten flow. Capitals are simplified and slightly taller with looping gestures, while lowercase forms stay compact with short ascenders/descenders and soft, bulb-like counters. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic, with uneven widths and subtly varied shapes that reinforce the organic texture.
Best suited to display settings where personality matters—logos, product packaging, posters, social graphics, and casual invitation or greeting designs. It performs well in short-to-medium headline lines and callouts where the brushy texture and rhythm can be appreciated without demanding tight, continuous reading at small sizes.
The overall tone is warm, upbeat, and approachable, like quick marker lettering on a note or café board. Its energetic irregularity reads personable rather than formal, adding a human, conversational feel to headlines and short phrases.
Designed to capture the immediacy of hand-lettered brush writing: bold, energetic strokes, casual joins, and charming inconsistencies that feel made by a real hand rather than mechanically uniform type.
Stroke modulation is most visible at curves and turns, where thicker downstrokes contrast with slimmer connecting strokes. Spacing is intentionally irregular, and some letters appear more disconnected than a fully continuous script, which enhances the handwritten authenticity while increasing visual texture in longer lines.