Script Balad 3 is a regular weight, narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, headlines, packaging, quotes, elegant, romantic, playful, vintage, whimsical, hand-lettered feel, decorative elegance, signature style, display impact, looped, swashy, calligraphic, flowing, delicate.
A flowing script with a calligraphic, pen-written construction and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are slightly slanted with tall ascenders and descenders, frequent entry/exit strokes, and occasional looped terminals that add movement. The rhythm is lively and hand-driven, mixing smooth connecting strokes with sharper hairline turns, while keeping an overall tidy, narrow footprint and consistent baseline behavior.
Best suited to short-form settings where its contrast and flourishes can be appreciated: wedding stationery, greeting cards, boutique branding, product labels, social graphics, and headline or pull-quote use. For longer passages, larger sizes and ample leading help preserve clarity and keep the hairlines from visually closing up.
The tone feels charming and personable—refined enough for invitations, yet lighthearted due to the bouncy curves and decorative loops. It suggests a vintage, romantic sensibility with a friendly, handwritten warmth rather than a strictly formal engraved script.
The design appears intended to deliver a polished hand-lettered look with expressive capitals and fluid connections, balancing elegance with approachability. Its high-contrast strokes and looping terminals aim to create a decorative, signature-like presence for display typography.
Uppercase forms show more display-like personality, with prominent swashes and curved cross-strokes that can stand out in titles. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with alternating thick stems and fine hairlines; punctuation appears minimal in the samples, and the overall texture becomes most legible when given generous size and spacing.