Cursive Vaba 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, social posts, packaging, posters, quotes, casual, expressive, friendly, handmade, energetic, handwritten feel, quick gesture, human warmth, display impact, brushy, organic, slanted, looping, textured.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with lively stroke modulation and slightly rough, ink-like edges. Letterforms show a rhythmic, forward motion with compact proportions, narrow set width, and occasional long ascenders/descenders that add sparkle. Strokes often taper into pointed terminals, with rounded joins and intermittent connections between letters; shapes remain legible while retaining a spontaneous, handwritten irregularity. Numerals follow the same drawn-with-a-pen logic, with simple forms and varied stroke endings.
Well-suited to short-to-medium display copy where a handmade voice is desired—brand marks, packaging callouts, posters, invitations, and social media graphics. It also works for pull quotes and headlines, while small sizes or long passages may benefit from generous tracking and leading to maintain clarity.
The overall tone feels informal and personable, like quick notes written with a felt-tip or brush pen. It reads energetic and approachable rather than formal, with enough flourish to feel expressive without becoming ornate.
Designed to capture the immediacy of real handwriting with a brush-pen character: quick, confident strokes, varied pressure, and a continuous forward slant. The intent appears to balance expressiveness with everyday readability for contemporary, casual communication.
Consistency comes more from gesture and angle than from strict geometry: counters and curves are slightly uneven in a natural way, and spacing varies subtly to preserve a handwritten cadence. Uppercase forms are assertive and gestural, while lowercase characters are smaller and more compact, reinforcing the casual script feel.