Cursive Tibaj 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, quotes, friendly, casual, playful, warm, approachable, handwritten feel, casual display, human tone, brush lettering, brushy, rounded, lively, informal, bouncy.
A lively brush-pen script with rounded terminals and a slightly slanted, hand-written rhythm. Strokes show natural pressure changes and soft tapering, with smooth curves and occasional teardrop-like joins that suggest quick, confident lettering. Letterforms are compact and upright-to-slanted with simplified, open counters, and the overall texture reads as dense and inky without feeling rigid. Uppercase characters lean toward standalone, handwritten caps, while lowercase forms carry a more flowing, cursive motion; numerals are similarly handwritten with simple, bold shapes.
Works best for short-to-medium display settings such as logos, product labels, headlines, posters, invitations, and social graphics where a handcrafted voice is desirable. It can also suit pull quotes or section headers, especially when paired with a clean sans for body text.
The font conveys an easygoing, personable tone—like a casual note written with a marker or brush pen. Its bouncy rhythm and soft curves feel upbeat and friendly, making it well suited to informal, human-centered messaging rather than formal editorial work.
Designed to emulate quick brush-lettering with a confident, contemporary casual script look—prioritizing personality, rhythm, and an organic handwritten texture for display-forward typography.
Connections between letters appear more suggested than fully continuous, giving it a semi-connected script feel with clear individual letter definition. The dot on the i/j is round and prominent, and several letters feature distinctive looped or hooked entry/exit strokes that add character in short phrases.