Cursive Finev 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social media, event promos, energetic, casual, expressive, youthful, brushy, expressive script, fast lettering, handmade feel, display impact, monoline feel, dry brush, slanted, loose spacing, tall ascenders.
A brisk, slanted handwritten script with a dry-brush texture and tapered stroke endings. Letterforms are tall and condensed with long, sharp ascenders and descenders, and a notably small lowercase body that makes capitals feel prominent. Strokes show slight angle changes and occasional roughness, giving an organic, marker-like rhythm rather than a polished calligraphic build. Connections are frequent in lowercase, but joining is not perfectly continuous, preserving a sketchy, hand-drawn cadence.
This style works best for short, attention-grabbing text where energy and personality matter—posters, social graphics, packaging accents, and event promotion. It can also serve as a supporting script for branding when used at larger sizes and with generous tracking to keep the texture from clumping.
The overall tone is lively and informal, like quick headline lettering made with a brush pen or worn marker. Its narrow, forward-leaning rhythm adds urgency and motion, while the textured terminals keep it personable and unpretentious.
The design appears intended to capture quick, expressive brush lettering in a condensed footprint, prioritizing momentum and personality over formal calligraphic refinement. It aims for a contemporary, casual script voice that feels hand-made and immediate.
Capitals read as punchy and display-oriented, with simplified, angular construction and minimal flourish. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with lean, open shapes that feel fast and spontaneous, matching the script’s energetic baseline flow.