Cursive Ekrep 5 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, signatures, headlines, invitations, social media, casual, personal, airy, lively, romantic, handwritten feel, personal tone, expressive motion, signature style, brushy, slanted, looped, expressive, signature.
A slender, slanted handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and softly tapered terminals. Strokes show subtle thick–thin modulation and a quick, forward rhythm, with open counters and generous white space. Letterforms are loosely connected in running text, mixing smooth loops with occasional sharp joins and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical sparkle. Capitals are tall and simplified, often built from single sweeping gestures, while lowercase forms stay compact with small bowls and short bodies relative to their extenders.
Works well for branding accents, signature-style marks, invitations, quotes, and short headlines where a personal touch is desired. It’s especially suited to overlays on photography or minimal layouts, and to packaging or social posts that benefit from a handwritten, human tone.
The font reads as informal and personable, like quick note-taking or a casual signature. Its airy spacing and fast, gestural strokes give it an energetic, conversational tone that can also feel lightly elegant in short phrases.
Designed to capture the feel of quick, confident brush handwriting—legible enough for short text while prioritizing gesture, rhythm, and personality over strict uniformity.
In longer lines, the texture stays light and breezy, with connection points that vary naturally as in real handwriting. Numerals and punctuation follow the same pen-driven construction, keeping the overall voice consistent and sketch-like rather than calligraphically rigid.