Cursive Diliw 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, packaging, social posts, quotes, friendly, casual, lively, romantic, personal, handwritten feel, casual branding, expressive script, quick lettering, brushy, looping, flowing, slanted, monoline-ish.
A slanted, brush-pen script with fluid, mostly connected letterforms and rounded terminals. Strokes show gentle pressure shifts, with thicker downstrokes and lighter upstrokes, plus occasional teardrop joins and soft entry/exit swashes. Forms are compact and slightly condensed, with buoyant baselines, generous loops in letters like g, y, and z, and a mix of open and closed counters that keeps the texture airy. Capitals are larger and more gestural, often beginning with a sweeping lead-in and finishing with an extended stroke.
This font suits short-to-medium display text where a personable handwritten voice is desired, such as invitations, greeting cards, product packaging, café menus, and social media graphics. It also works well for pull quotes and headings when paired with a simpler companion for body copy.
The overall tone feels warm and informal, like quick handwritten lettering used for a note or a label. Its smooth rhythm and looping strokes add a light romantic flavor, while the brisk slant and energetic joins keep it upbeat rather than formal.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, confident brush handwriting while remaining clean and repeatable for digital typesetting. It balances expressive swashes and loops with relatively controlled proportions to deliver a friendly script suitable for everyday branding.
The script maintains consistent rhythm and spacing, but preserves a hand-drawn irregularity in stroke turns and join shapes that reads as authentic. Numerals follow the same cursive, angled logic, with simple, readable shapes that lean and taper like the letters.