Cursive Esbef 3 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, greeting cards, quotes, branding, elegant, airy, romantic, delicate, whimsical, handwritten elegance, personal warmth, formal notes, monoline, looping, flourished, tall ascenders, long descenders.
A slender, monoline script with a pronounced rightward slant and a smooth, continuous rhythm. Strokes are fine and consistent, with gently tapered terminals and frequent looped joins that keep words flowing. Proportions skew tall and narrow, with modest bowls, compact counters, and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical grace. Capitals are larger and more gestural, often built from sweeping entry strokes and soft, oval turns, while lowercase forms remain simple and lightly connected.
Well-suited to wedding and event stationery, invitations, greeting cards, and short quotes where a delicate handwritten feel is desirable. It can also work for boutique branding and packaging accents when set at comfortable sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is refined and intimate, like quick, careful handwriting used for personal notes and formal greetings. Its light touch and looping movement feel graceful and slightly playful rather than bold or assertive.
The design appears intended to mimic neat, stylish penmanship—light, flowing, and personable—while maintaining consistent letterforms for repeatable, typographic use.
Numerals and uppercase characters follow the same airy line weight and cursive motion, helping mixed-case settings feel cohesive. The font favors smooth curves over hard angles, producing a clean, handwritten texture with plenty of white space.