Cursive Efliv 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, branding, packaging, quotes, casual, friendly, playful, lively, personal, handwritten warmth, casual elegance, expressive display, personal tone, monoline feel, brushy, looping, slanted, rounded.
A lively cursive hand with a pronounced rightward slant and brisk, brush-pen rhythm. Strokes read as smooth and slightly tapered at joins and terminals, with rounded turns and frequent loops in both capitals and lowercase. Letterforms are tall and airy, with long ascenders/descenders and compact lowercase bodies, giving the lines a light, quick cadence. The overall texture is clean and consistent, favoring flowing strokes over sharp corners and keeping counters open for readability at display sizes.
This style works well for short to medium-length display copy such as greeting cards, invitations, social graphics, quotes, and lifestyle branding. It can add a human, handcrafted accent to packaging and labels, especially when paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting text.
The tone is informal and personable, like neat handwritten notes with a confident, upbeat energy. Its looping forms and buoyant slant give it a friendly, slightly playful voice that feels conversational rather than formal.
The design appears intended to capture a polished everyday cursive—fluid, legible, and energetic—while retaining the natural variation and warmth of handwriting for expressive headline use.
Capitals are expressive and somewhat calligraphic, often starting with entry strokes and gentle swashes, while lowercase maintains a steady handwritten continuity. Numerals and punctuation follow the same pen-driven logic, staying simple and readable with soft curves and minimal ornament.