Cursive Tuli 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, invitations, social posts, headlines, casual, friendly, playful, personal, lively, handwritten feel, expressive display, friendly tone, quick script, brushy, looping, bouncy, fluid, expressive.
A fluid cursive with a brush-pen feel, built from rounded, continuous strokes and frequent entry/exit swashes. Letterforms lean forward with a lively baseline and varied stroke endings that taper into soft points, giving the texture a hand-drawn rhythm. Capitals are prominent and looped, with generous curves and occasional flourish-like terminals, while lowercase forms stay compact and rhythmic, with tight counters and quick joins. Overall spacing is relatively tight and the silhouette is slender, producing a dark, energetic line in text.
This style performs best where a casual handwritten voice is desired: branding accents, packaging callouts, invitations and greeting material, social media graphics, and short headlines or pull quotes. It can also work for brief overlays on photography or signage-style phrases where personality matters more than dense readability.
The font conveys an informal, personable tone—like quick, confident handwriting with a touch of showmanship. Its looping capitals and bouncy motion feel upbeat and approachable, making it well suited to expressive, human-centered messaging rather than formal editorial typography.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, confident cursive writing with a brush-like stroke, balancing consistent structure with small irregularities to preserve a natural hand-made character. The prominent, looped capitals suggest an emphasis on expressive word openings and display-friendly charm.
In continuous text, the strong slant and frequent connecting strokes create a smooth flow, while the more elaborate capitals add emphasis and personality at word starts. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, slightly tilted forms and tapered terminals that keep them visually consistent with the letters.