Script Budus 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, social media, playful, charming, casual, friendly, handcrafted, brush script, handwritten charm, expressive display, friendly tone, bouncy, looped, brushy, rounded, monoline-like.
This script has a lively, hand-drawn rhythm with a rightward slant and frequent looped entrances and exits. Strokes alternate between slim hairlines and fuller downstrokes, giving the letters a brush-pen feel without looking rigidly calligraphic. Counters are generally open and rounded, terminals tend to taper, and many capitals use simplified, single-stroke constructions with occasional swash-like crossbars. The overall texture is energetic and slightly irregular in a natural way, with compact letterforms and a tight, narrow footprint.
Well-suited for short-to-medium display copy where a friendly, handcrafted voice is desired—such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging labels, and social graphics. It can also work for pull quotes or headings when paired with a quieter text face for body copy.
The tone reads upbeat and personable—more like neat, expressive handwriting than formal engraving. Its looping forms and buoyant baseline movement convey warmth and approachability, with a touch of whimsical flair.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush lettering in a clean, legible script, balancing expressive loops with straightforward letter shapes for broad display use.
Capitals are tall and prominent, while lowercase forms are compact with frequent loops in letters like g, y, and j, creating a distinctive cursive silhouette. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, mixing simple curves with tapered strokes for consistency in informal display settings.