Cursive Dakev 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: social posts, invitations, greeting cards, packaging, headlines, casual, friendly, playful, personal, lively, handwritten realism, informal charm, expressive display, quick script, brushy, monoline, looping, bouncy, tall ascenders.
A brisk, handwritten script with a tall, narrow stance and a consistent rightward slant. Strokes read as brush-pen or marker-like: mostly monoline with subtle swelling at curves and terminals, and frequent tapered entries and exits. Letterforms are loosely connected in running text, with open counters and occasional looped joins that keep the texture airy rather than dense. Capitals are larger and more gestural, featuring sweeping curves and extended entry strokes, while lowercase maintains a compact, vertical rhythm with notably short x-height and prominent ascenders/descenders.
Well suited to short-to-medium display text where a human, conversational feel is desired—social graphics, greeting cards, invitations, labels, and packaging accents. It can also work for brand taglines and section headers when paired with a clean sans for body copy.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like quick note-taking with a confident hand. Its bouncy rhythm and looping details give it a light, upbeat character that feels approachable rather than formal or ceremonial.
Designed to simulate casual cursive handwriting with a brushy, energetic stroke and a narrow, upright rhythm, balancing legibility with expressive loops and lively capitals.
Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, handwritten cadence. The numerals and caps retain the same pen-driven logic, with simple, readable forms and occasional flourish-like hooks that add character without turning ornate.