Script Ibgoh 5 is a light, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, children’s books, packaging, craft branding, quotes, whimsical, homespun, friendly, storybook, casual, handwritten charm, friendly tone, playful display, personal voice, monoline, hand-drawn, looped, bouncy, quirky.
A hand-drawn script with a monoline, low-contrast stroke and a slightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Letterforms are generally upright with narrow proportions and compact counters, while widths vary organically from glyph to glyph. Terminals are rounded and gently flared, and many lowercase forms use simple loops and occasional joins, creating a written feel without strict continuous connectivity. Capitals read more like informal, pen-drawn roman caps—simple and open—paired with loopier, more cursive lowercase for a mixed-script texture.
Well suited for short display copy where an informal, personal voice is desirable—greeting cards, invitations, craft and boutique branding, packaging, and headline-style quotes. It also works nicely for children’s and lifestyle contexts where a friendly handwritten tone supports the message.
The overall tone is warm and playful, with a slightly quirky, homemade charm. Its lively spacing and irregularities feel personal and approachable, lending a lighthearted, storybook character rather than a formal calligraphic mood.
The design appears intended to mimic neat, everyday handwriting with a touch of playful looping, balancing readability with a deliberately hand-made texture. By pairing simple, legible capitals with more cursive lowercase, it aims to keep text approachable while still feeling distinctly written.
Distinctive loop structures appear in letters like b, d, f, g, and y, and the digits carry the same handwritten logic with rounded, open shapes. The texture stays consistent across the alphabet, with small, intentional inconsistencies that reinforce the hand-rendered identity.