Cursive Vifo 3 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: logos, packaging, headlines, invitations, greeting cards, vintage, elegant, personal, romantic, expressive, handwritten feel, decorative script, expressive display, vintage tone, calligraphic, slanted, connected, looping, brushy.
A slanted, connected script with pronounced thick–thin modulation and a brush-pen feel. Strokes show tapered entries and exits with occasional ink swell, producing a lively, hand-driven rhythm. Letterforms run wide with generous horizontal movement and long, sweeping ascenders and descenders, while counters remain relatively small due to the contrast and compression at joins. Spacing is fluid and uneven in an intentional way, with subtle baseline wavering and variable stroke pressure contributing to an organic texture in text.
This font works best for display uses where its connected motion and contrast can be appreciated: logos, packaging labels, cover lines, invitations, and greeting-card typography. It can also support pull quotes or short subheads when set at comfortable sizes with extra breathing room. For extended paragraphs or small sizes, the dense joins and narrow internal spaces may reduce clarity.
The overall tone is personal and nostalgic, like quick but practiced handwriting meant for emphasis rather than neutrality. Its looping capitals and energetic joins give it a romantic, slightly dramatic character that reads as expressive and human. The contrast and slant add a refined, old-fashioned flavor without feeling formal or rigid.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of handwritten cursive while retaining a consistent calligraphic pattern across the alphabet. By combining strong contrast, a forward slant, and looping joins, it aims to create distinctive word silhouettes and an expressive, vintage-leaning script voice suited to personal or decorative messaging.
Capitals are especially flamboyant, with extended lead-in strokes and occasional flourish-like terminals that create strong word shapes. In longer lines, the dense joins and contrast produce a dark, textured color, so it tends to feel more at home in short phrases than in small, continuous reading. Numerals follow the same calligraphic rhythm, appearing compact and inked with similar pressure changes.