Cursive Efres 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, headlines, friendly, casual, lively, personal, upbeat, handwritten feel, expressive titles, modern casual, personal tone, brushy, looping, fluid, rounded, slanted.
A brisk, brush-pen script with a consistent rightward slant and tapered stroke endings that suggest quick, confident hand movement. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded bowls and soft terminals, and a lively baseline that gives lines an energetic rhythm. Many characters show subtle joins and cursive continuity, while still keeping enough separation for clear word shapes. Uppercase forms are simplified and gestural, pairing well with the more connected, looped lowercase and single-storey constructions.
Well suited to logos, packaging accents, posters, and social media graphics where a friendly handwritten voice is needed. It performs best in short phrases, headlines, and pull quotes, and can add a casual, human touch to invitations or product labels when set with comfortable spacing.
The overall tone is informal and personable, like a handwritten note made with a marker or brush pen. Its fast strokes and looping forms add warmth and motion, making it feel approachable and modern rather than formal or calligraphic.
Designed to capture an easy, contemporary handwriting feel with brush-like energy while staying clean enough for repeated use across branding and promotional layouts. The intent appears to balance expressive cursive motion with controlled shapes for consistent, readable word forms.
The texture is smooth and even, with moderate stroke modulation and minimal pen-lift artifacts, producing a clean scripted look at display sizes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with rounded curves and simple, flowing structures that sit comfortably alongside the letters.