Cursive Vake 5 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, social media, expressive, casual, energetic, handmade, dynamic, handwritten feel, brush texture, expressive display, personal tone, dynamic rhythm, brushy, textured, slanted, looping, calligraphic.
A lively, slanted script with brush-pen character and noticeable stroke contrast. Forms are built from quick, tapered strokes that swell through curves and thin out at terminals, leaving slightly rough, inked edges that read as naturally textured rather than mechanically smooth. Letterforms are compact with a relatively low x-height and prominent ascenders and descenders, while widths vary from narrow joins to broader, sweeping bowls. The rhythm is flowing and mostly connected in text, with occasional lifted strokes and angular joins that keep the texture animated.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where the brush texture and slanted rhythm can do the work—titles, pull quotes, posters, packaging callouts, and brand accents. It performs especially well when paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting copy, letting the script carry the expressive layer without overloading long passages.
The overall tone feels spontaneous and personable, like fast brush lettering made for emphasis. Its energetic movement and inky texture give it a confident, slightly dramatic voice that suits informal messaging and attention-getting headlines.
The design appears intended to capture the speed and pressure variation of brush handwriting while remaining cohesive across an alphabet and numerals. It prioritizes momentum, contrast, and a handcrafted surface to deliver an expressive cursive voice for display-oriented typography.
Uppercase shapes lean toward simplified, gesture-driven constructions, helping them blend with the cursive flow rather than standing as rigid display caps. Numerals follow the same brush logic with open curves and tapered endings, keeping the set visually consistent in mixed copy.