Cursive Elgap 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, quotes, casual, lively, personal, modern, playful, handwritten feel, signature style, friendly tone, display impact, brushy, loose, expressive, slanted, airy.
A slanted, brush-pen script with tapered stroke ends and noticeable pressure-driven modulation. Letterforms are tall and narrow with long ascenders and descenders, creating an airy vertical rhythm and compact word shapes. Strokes are smooth but slightly irregular in width and curvature, preserving a hand-drawn feel while maintaining consistent overall proportions across the set.
This style is well suited to branding accents, packaging, posters, and social graphics where a personal, handwritten voice is desirable. It performs especially well at display sizes for quotes, invitations, and short marketing lines where the tall, narrow rhythm and brushy modulation can be appreciated.
The tone is informal and energetic, like quick, confident handwriting used for emphasis. It reads as friendly and contemporary, with enough flourish to feel expressive without becoming ornate.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, stylish marker handwriting—compact in width but elevated in height—to deliver an expressive signature-like look for contemporary display typography.
Capitals lean toward simple, elongated constructions with occasional looped entries and extended terminals that add momentum in headlines. Lowercase shows tight counters and a lightweight, whisker-like finishing behavior, which helps keep texture light in longer phrases. Numerals match the handwritten rhythm and keep the same tapered, drawn-with-a-pen character.