Cursive Degef 5 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, quotes, social graphics, airy, graceful, romantic, whimsical, delicate, handwritten elegance, personal tone, signature style, decorative titles, monoline feel, tall ascenders, looping, swashy, bouncy baseline.
A slender, right-leaning script with tall ascenders and compact lowercase proportions. Strokes show a pen-like, slightly textured behavior with crisp hairlines and occasional thicker downstrokes, creating a lively, calligraphic rhythm. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with open bowls and frequent looped entrances/exits; capitals are more gestural and often extend with long, tapered strokes. Spacing remains light and open, and the overall flow suggests connected writing even when some letters appear loosely joined.
Works best for short to medium phrases where its airy stroke work and tall forms can breathe—such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, beauty/lifestyle packaging, and pull quotes on social or editorial graphics. For best clarity, it benefits from comfortable tracking and moderate sizes rather than dense paragraph settings.
The font conveys an elegant, handwritten charm—light on its feet, intimate, and gently expressive. Its looping strokes and tall, dancing forms give it a romantic, boutique feel suited to personal, celebratory messaging rather than utilitarian text.
Designed to emulate stylish, modern handwriting with a calligraphic edge: narrow, upright-leaning forms, expressive capitals, and smooth looping connections that add personality while staying relatively clean and legible.
Capitals and ascenders dominate the vertical texture, while the lowercase stays small and rhythmic, producing strong contrast between headline-like initials and delicate word shapes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with simple, narrow forms and subtle curvature.