Cursive Duto 5 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding stationery, greeting cards, quotes, packaging, elegant, romantic, airy, personal, refined, graceful script, personal touch, formal warmth, signature style, display elegance, monoline, looping, flourished, slanted, delicate.
A delicate, slanted script with smooth, continuous strokes and a largely monoline feel. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry and exit strokes, with frequent loops in capitals and selected ascenders/descenders that create a graceful, calligraphic rhythm. The x-height reads small relative to the tall ascenders, giving lowercase words a light, floating texture, while rounded bowls and open counters keep shapes legible at display sizes. Spacing is fluid and irregular in a natural way, and widths vary noticeably between compact letters and more extended, swashy forms.
Best suited to short, prominent text where the looping forms and fine strokes can be appreciated—such as invitations, RSVP cards, greeting cards, romantic or inspirational quotes, and boutique packaging. It can also work for signatures, name cards, and elegant headings when ample size and generous line spacing are available.
The overall tone is intimate and polished, like neat personal handwriting used for formal notes. Its light touch and generous curves convey softness, warmth, and a sense of occasion without feeling rigid or mechanical.
Likely designed to provide a graceful, handwritten cursive for display typography, emphasizing smooth motion, refined loops, and a light overall color. The structure prioritizes expressive capitals and a flowing baseline to evoke a personal, special-occasion feel.
Capitals tend to be more expressive, with prominent lead-in strokes and occasional underswashes, while numerals follow the same understated, handwritten logic with rounded curves and simple construction. Crossbars and joins are understated, keeping the texture light and avoiding heavy dark spots across a line.