Cursive Efrig 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, casual, friendly, energetic, personal, playful, handwritten feel, expressive display, friendly voice, quick note, brushy, slanted, looping, lively, gestural.
A lively, slanted handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and gently tapered stroke endings. Letterforms lean forward with smooth, continuous motion, mixing open counters and occasional looped joins to keep the rhythm quick and fluid. Strokes show modest thick–thin variation and rounded terminals, with long entry/exit swashes on several capitals and select lowercase letters. Overall spacing is compact and the silhouette stays light and agile, emphasizing movement over rigid alignment.
Works best for short to medium phrases where a human, upbeat voice is desired—logos and brand marks, packaging callouts, poster headlines, social media graphics, and invitation-style messaging. It can also serve as an accent face paired with a clean sans or serif for contrast.
The tone is informal and personable, like quick, confident handwriting used for notes, captions, and friendly headlines. Its energetic strokes and occasional swashy gestures give it a warm, expressive character without feeling overly ornate or formal.
The design appears intended to capture fast, natural brush handwriting with a consistent forward slant and smooth gesture. It prioritizes expressiveness and readability at display sizes, offering enough flourish to feel distinctive while maintaining an everyday, approachable script feel.
Capitals tend to be more gestural and display-oriented, while lowercase forms remain simpler and faster, creating a natural handwritten cadence. Numerals follow the same pen-driven logic with curved shapes and slightly uneven, humanized widths, helping them blend into text rather than reading as strictly geometric figures.