Cursive Mawo 5 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, packaging, posters, social media, branding, casual, expressive, energetic, friendly, handmade, handmade feel, dynamic motion, casual voice, display impact, brushy, textured, loose, gestural, slanted.
A lively brush-script style with a consistent rightward slant and tapered, high-contrast strokes. Forms are built from quick, gestural movements that leave visible texture and slight roughness along the edges, mimicking dry brush or marker drag. Letter shapes are compact and narrow in footprint, with bouncy baseline behavior and variable stroke widths that create a rhythmic, handwritten flow. Terminals are often pointed or softly flicked, and counters tend to be small, reinforcing a condensed, punchy texture in words.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where the brush texture and motion can be appreciated, such as headlines, packaging callouts, posters, and social media graphics. It can also work for casual branding elements like logos or product names, especially when paired with a clean sans or serif for supporting text.
The overall tone feels informal and personal, like quick hand-lettering for a note, label, or headline. Its energetic stroke texture and springy rhythm give it a lively, upbeat character that reads as approachable rather than formal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-painted lettering—quick, expressive strokes with a natural slant and visible texture—while keeping letterforms consistent enough for readable display typography.
Uppercase characters are bold and attention-grabbing with simplified, brushy structures, while lowercase maintains a more flowing cursive feel in running text. Numerals follow the same hand-drawn logic with uneven, humanized curves, helping mixed content feel cohesive.