Cursive Uplez 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, branding, posters, social media, packaging, expressive, personal, modern, confident, lively, signature feel, expressive display, modern brush, personal tone, brushy, slanted, looping, casual, dynamic.
A slanted, brush-pen script with high stroke contrast and a lively, calligraphic rhythm. Letterforms are compact and upright-leaning with narrow proportions, tight counters, and tapered terminals that frequently end in sharp flicks. The strokes show clear pressure changes, producing thick downstrokes and hairline upstrokes, with occasional textured joins that suggest quick, gestural writing. Caps are simplified and often single-stroke in feel, while lowercase forms mix open loops with brief entry/exit strokes, creating a semi-connected flow in words without strict continuous joining.
Best suited for display settings that want an expressive handwritten voice: logos, product marks, poster headlines, social graphics, and packaging callouts. It also works well for short emphatic phrases, signatures, and pull quotes where the narrow, high-contrast strokes can be appreciated at larger sizes.
The font reads as energetic and personable, with the immediacy of a handwritten note and the punch of a marker signature. Its brisk slant and sharp terminals add a modern, confident edge, while rounded loops keep the tone friendly rather than formal.
The design appears intended to capture the look of fast, confident brush lettering—part signature, part headline—balancing legibility with distinctive flair. Its narrow, slanted forms and strong pressure modulation aim to deliver a modern handwritten tone that stands out in branding and promotional typography.
In sample text, spacing and rhythm favor short words and display sizes, where the contrast and narrow build stay crisp. Certain letters lean on distinctive looped shapes (notably in capitals and in descenders), giving the face a recognizable signature style; the numerals follow the same angled, tapered construction for consistency.