Cursive Wihy 5 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, quotes, elegant, personal, vintage, poetic, airy, handwritten elegance, signature feel, decorative display, romantic tone, calligraphic, looping, swashy, slender, expressive.
This script face shows a slender, pen-written construction with pronounced stroke contrast and a consistent rightward slant. Letterforms are built from quick, tapered entries and exits, with frequent loops in ascenders and capitals and occasional extended terminals that add flourish. Spacing feels open and irregular in a natural way, and the baseline gently drifts, reinforcing the handwritten rhythm. Lowercase forms are compact with small counters, while capitals are taller and more decorative, often featuring long leading strokes and narrow bowls.
It performs best in short to medium-length settings where its flourishes and contrast can be appreciated, such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging accents, and display quotes. Larger sizes help preserve clarity in the delicate joins and thin hairlines.
The overall tone is refined and intimate, combining a formal calligraphic sensibility with the spontaneity of handwriting. It reads as old-world and personal—suited to evocative, literary, or romantic messaging rather than functional neutrality.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, pointed-pen cursive with an elegant, slightly dramatic gesture. Its narrow, flowing proportions and swashy capitals prioritize expressiveness and a crafted signature-like feel over steady text readability.
Connectivity is intermittent: many lowercase letters suggest joining behavior, but breaks appear frequently, especially around narrow letters and where strokes lift. Numerals are simple and lightly embellished, matching the script’s thin–thick pattern and maintaining the same forward motion as the letters.