Cursive Pykoy 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, branding, packaging, social media, invitations, friendly, casual, playful, personal, warm, handwritten charm, informal warmth, expressive display, personal voice, brushy, looping, bouncy, rounded, expressive.
A lively, hand-drawn script with a brush-pen feel and pronounced stroke modulation. Letterforms are narrow and slightly slanted, with rounded terminals, looping joins, and a rhythmic upstroke/downstroke pattern that creates a buoyant line of text. Uppercase characters are tall and gestural with occasional swash-like entry strokes, while lowercase forms keep compact counters and a relatively low x-height for a handwritten look. Numerals follow the same flowing, monoline-to-contrast logic, maintaining the casual, drawn-in-one-go character.
Well suited to short-to-medium display text where a friendly handwritten tone is desired, such as greeting cards, invitations, boutique branding, packaging callouts, and social media graphics. It can also work for headings and pull quotes when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The overall tone is approachable and upbeat, reading like neat, confident handwriting. Its loops and soft curves lend a cheerful, personable voice, while the brisk contrast and quick turns add energy and spontaneity.
Designed to capture an easy, everyday cursive handwriting style with brush-like contrast, prioritizing warmth and expressiveness over strict formal structure. The forms aim for quick readability while preserving the natural variation and charm of hand lettering.
Spacing and widths feel intentionally irregular in a natural way, reinforcing the hand-rendered authenticity rather than rigid typographic uniformity. The font shows strong vertical momentum in ascenders and descenders, and many characters rely on open, airy strokes rather than closed, geometric construction.