Cursive Igho 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, quotes, invites, casual, friendly, energetic, personal, lively, handwritten feel, modern casual, expressive headings, approachable tone, brushy, slanted, looping, monoline, airy.
A slanted, brush-pen script with smooth, tapered strokes and a slightly bouncy baseline. Letterforms are narrow and compact, with rounded turns, occasional looped entries/exits, and open counters that keep the texture light. Capitals are larger and more gestural than the lowercase, often built from single sweeping strokes with soft terminals. Numerals follow the same handwritten rhythm, mixing rounded bowls with quick angled joins for an informal, cohesive set.
This font works best for short to medium display text where a handwritten voice is desirable—logos, packaging accents, social posts, invitations, greeting cards, and quote graphics. It can also serve as a secondary script in editorial or web layouts when paired with a clean sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, like quick but confident handwriting. Its brisk stroke rhythm and subtle bounce add energy without feeling chaotic, giving text a personable, contemporary feel.
The design appears intended to capture the look of fast, brushy handwriting with a polished consistency, balancing expressive capitals with a legible, flowing lowercase suitable for modern casual messaging.
Connections between letters are suggested by consistent entry/exit strokes, while spacing remains slightly irregular in a natural hand-written way. Descenders and ascenders are long and fluid, and the dot on the i/j appears as a small, simple mark that supports readability at display sizes.