Cursive Ekgaw 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, social posts, packaging, romantic, casual, lively, personal, elegant, handwritten charm, signature look, casual elegance, expressive display, brushy, loopy, slanted, monoline feel, tapered.
A flowing cursive script with a pronounced rightward slant and a brush-pen signature. Strokes show clear pressure modulation: thicker downstrokes and lighter, tapering upstrokes, with pointed terminals and occasional ball-like joins. Letterforms are narrow and tall, with compact lowercase proportions and long, swinging ascenders/descenders that add a rhythmic, handwritten cadence. Connections are mostly continuous in the lowercase, while capitals are more gestural and often stand alone as looped, calligraphic initials.
Well-suited to short-to-medium display settings where a handwritten voice is desirable—wedding and event invitations, greeting cards, lifestyle branding, boutique packaging, and social media graphics. It also works effectively for pull quotes, headers, and signature-style name treatments when generous line spacing allows for the loops and descenders.
The overall tone is personable and upbeat, like neat everyday handwriting refined with a hint of calligraphic flair. It reads as warm and expressive rather than formal, with energetic loops that suggest friendliness and a romantic, boutique sensibility.
Designed to emulate a smooth brush-pen cursive that balances legibility with expressive movement. The narrow, slanted construction and looped capitals aim to deliver a polished handwritten look that feels contemporary and personal.
Distinctive loop structures appear in several capitals and in letters like g, y, and z, giving the font a signature-like character. Numerals follow the same brush-script logic, with curved, open forms and tapered ends, making them feel integrated with the alphabet rather than purely utilitarian.