Script Kibew 5 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, greeting cards, branding, headlines, elegant, romantic, refined, classic, formal, ceremony, luxury, classic feel, decorative display, personal touch, flourished, calligraphic, looping, swashy, delicate.
A formal cursive with a pronounced rightward slant and a lively, pen-driven rhythm. Strokes show strong thick–thin modulation, with hairline entry/exit strokes and fuller downstrokes, giving the letterforms a crisp, calligraphic sparkle. Capitals are ornate and looped, often beginning with generous swashes, while lowercase forms are compact with a modest x-height and tightly controlled joins. Overall spacing is relatively tight and the forms feel vertically energetic, with long ascenders/descenders and frequent terminal curls.
Well suited to wedding stationery, invitations, greeting cards, and other formal announcements where elegant flourish is desired. It also works effectively for boutique branding, packaging accents, and short display lines or headlines that benefit from expressive capitals and flowing connections.
The tone is polished and celebratory, combining old-world charm with a graceful, personal feel. Its looping capitals and delicate hairlines suggest sophistication and ceremony, while the connected flow keeps it warm and inviting rather than rigid.
This design appears intended to evoke traditional pointed-pen lettering in a clean, repeatable typographic form. The emphasis on swashed capitals, graceful joins, and high stroke modulation prioritizes elegance and display impact over plain, utilitarian text setting.
The most distinctive visual feature is the contrast between dramatic, decorative capitals and simpler, more rhythmic lowercase, which helps create clear hierarchy in mixed-case settings. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with curved forms and occasional flourished terminals that harmonize with the letters.