Cursive Dalus 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, social posts, greeting cards, quotes, headers, friendly, casual, playful, approachable, handmade, personal tone, handmade feel, casual branding, quick script, friendly display, brushy, looping, bouncy, rounded, lively.
A tall, slim handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and softly rounded stroke endings. Letterforms alternate between lightly connected cursive and separated characters, creating an informal, rhythmic texture. Strokes show subtle pressure changes and occasional ink-like irregularities, with narrow counters and elongated ascenders/descenders that add vertical emphasis. Capitals are simplified and airy, while lowercase forms lean on loops and gentle joins for a quick, natural written flow.
This font suits short-to-medium display settings where a friendly handwritten personality is desirable, such as packaging, café menus, lifestyle branding, social graphics, invitations, greeting cards, and quote-style headlines. It performs best at sizes that allow its narrow, looped details and joins to remain clear.
The overall tone is warm and personable—like quick, neat handwriting used for notes, labels, or casual branding. Its springy rhythm and looped forms give it a lighthearted, conversational voice rather than a formal calligraphic one.
The design appears intended to capture a clean, modern handwriting look with a brushy script flavor—balancing legibility with a relaxed, personal character for everyday display typography.
Spacing and joins vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a hand-drawn authenticity. Numerals are equally slender and simple, matching the alphabet’s vertical proportions and maintaining a consistent, handwritten cadence in mixed text.