Cursive Efnir 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, headlines, casual, energetic, friendly, expressive, retro, handwritten warmth, signature style, casual emphasis, expressive display, brushlike, slanted, monoline-ish, looping, bouncy.
A brisk, right-slanted handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and medium stroke modulation. Letterforms are compact and slightly narrow, with a lively baseline rhythm and frequent looped entries/exits that suggest fast, confident writing. Terminals are tapered and rounded rather than sharply cut, and joins are loose—some characters connect naturally while others remain separate—creating an organic, variable handwritten texture. Capitals are larger and more gestural, with long sweeping strokes that contrast with the smaller, tighter lowercase.
Best suited to display settings such as logos, product packaging, posters, and social media graphics where a friendly handwritten voice is desired. It can also work for short subheads, pull quotes, and invitations when set with generous spacing and clear contrast against the background.
The overall tone is informal and personable, with a quick, energetic cadence that reads like a signature or a note written in one pass. Its slight roughness and bounce add charm and spontaneity, leaning more expressive than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush handwriting—quick strokes, natural variation, and a signature-like slant—while remaining consistent enough for repeated use in branding and expressive display typography.
Numerals follow the same slanted, handwritten logic, with simple, open forms and soft curves that match the letter rhythm. The sample text shows the style holds together well in short phrases, while the tight lowercase and lively joins make the texture dense and dynamic as lines get longer.