Cursive Masu 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signature, invitations, greeting cards, branding, headlines, elegant, romantic, personal, fluid, retro, handwritten charm, signature feel, elegant script, personal tone, slanted, monolinear, looping, airy, delicate.
A sharply right-slanted script with slender, streamlined letterforms and smooth, calligraphic curves. Strokes feel pen-drawn with light-to-moderate contrast and tapered terminals, giving many letters a quick, continuous rhythm. Capitals are tall and looped with simplified entrances, while lowercase forms are compact with small counters and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical elegance. Overall spacing is tight and the forms are narrow, emphasizing a fast handwritten flow rather than broad, rounded shapes.
Best suited to short, expressive settings such as signatures, invitations, greeting cards, quotes, and brand marks that benefit from a handwritten feel. It can also work for display lines and packaging accents where an elegant, personal voice is desired, especially at larger sizes.
The font conveys a personable, romantic tone—like a neat signature or a handwritten note dressed up for an occasion. Its brisk slant and looping capitals add a classic, slightly vintage sense of charm and formality without feeling rigid.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident penmanship—combining refined loops and a strong slant to produce a signature-like script that remains visually consistent across letters and numbers.
In text, the strong diagonal stress creates momentum and a consistent baseline rhythm, while the narrow proportions keep words compact. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, staying slender and lightly curved to match the script texture.