Cursive Arlup 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, packaging, social posts, posters, playful, friendly, casual, handmade, lively, handwritten realism, casual branding, expressive display, friendly tone, brushy, expressive, bouncy, looped, tall ascenders.
This font has a brush-pen handwritten look with lively, high-contrast strokes that taper into pointed terminals and occasional teardrop-like endings. Letterforms are tall and relatively slender, with a springy baseline rhythm and slightly irregular stroke behavior that preserves a natural, drawn-by-hand feel. Forms are generally upright with smooth curves, narrow counters, and frequent entry/exit strokes that suggest cursive movement even when letters are not fully connected. Lowercase shows small bowls and compact mid-zone shapes relative to long ascenders and descenders, while numerals are simple and handwritten, matching the same tapered stroke logic.
It performs best in display contexts such as short headlines, logo wordmarks, packaging callouts, and social media graphics where its brush texture and tall proportions can read clearly. It can also work for invitations, quotes, and greeting-style compositions when set with generous tracking and line spacing.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, like quick brush lettering used for cheerful notes, crafts, and informal branding. Its energetic strokes and looping forms feel warm and approachable, with just enough irregularity to read as authentically handmade rather than mechanically geometric.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, confident brush handwriting with a clean, upright structure and expressive stroke contrast. It aims to deliver an informal, contemporary scripted voice that stays legible while retaining the spontaneity of hand lettering.
Capital letters tend to be simplified and monoline-adjacent in structure but rendered with brush modulation, giving them a clean silhouette paired with expressive texture. Spacing appears airy in the samples, and the texture becomes more pronounced at larger sizes where the stroke tapering and curved joins are most visible.