Cursive Uplar 5 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: logos, headlines, invitations, packaging, social media, elegant, romantic, lively, vintage, friendly, handwritten feel, display impact, expressive contrast, decorative caps, brushed, calligraphic, looping, swashy, slanted.
A slanted, brush-influenced script with high stroke contrast and tapered terminals. Letterforms show fluid, cursive motion with occasional connecting behavior and frequent looped entries/exits, especially in capitals and tall ascenders. Strokes alternate between broad, weighty downstrokes and fine hairline turns, giving the text an energetic rhythm and a slightly bouncy baseline. Counters are generally open and rounded, with compact lowercase proportions and relatively modest x-height compared to the ascenders and capitals.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings such as logos, headlines, invitations, greeting cards, and packaging where its contrast and flourished capitals can shine. It can also work for quotes or social posts when set with generous line spacing to accommodate loops and tall ascenders.
The font conveys a personable, expressive tone—polished enough to feel refined, yet informal and spontaneous like quick brush lettering. Its sweeping capitals and soft curves add a romantic, upbeat character that reads as celebratory and inviting.
Designed to emulate confident brush-script handwriting with a refined, calligraphic finish. The goal appears to balance readability with expressive stroke variation and decorative capital forms for attention-grabbing display use.
Capitals are more decorative than the lowercase, with prominent curves and occasional swash-like extensions that help create emphasis in initial letters. Numerals and punctuation follow the same handwritten logic, with curved forms and tapered ends that keep the overall color lively and textured in longer lines.