Cursive Igmu 5 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, packaging, social posts, posters, friendly, casual, lively, personal, approachable, handwritten feel, compact impact, expressive display, friendly tone, brushy, rounded, looping, slanted, bouncy.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with rounded terminals and smooth, continuous stroke flow. Letterforms are condensed and energetic, with a springy baseline and noticeable rhythm changes from glyph to glyph. Strokes show soft, calligraphic modulation and tapered joins, giving counters a compact, teardrop-like feel in places. Capitals are tall and simplified with sweeping entries, while lowercase forms lean on quick loops and short extenders for a tight, efficient silhouette.
Best suited for short to medium display settings where personality is the priority, such as headlines, logos, packaging callouts, invitations, and social media graphics. It can also work for pull quotes or subheads when set with generous spacing and ample size to preserve the brushy details.
The overall tone feels informal and upbeat, like quick marker lettering used for notes, labels, or friendly headlines. Its bouncy slant and rounded shapes read as personable and warm rather than formal or restrained.
The design appears intended to emulate fast, confident brush handwriting in a condensed footprint, delivering an expressive script that stays compact and high-impact for modern display use.
Connections are frequent but not rigidly uniform, helping the face keep a hand-drawn spontaneity. Numerals match the script’s rounded, compact construction and maintain the same forward motion, making mixed text and numbers feel cohesive.