Cursive Bumay 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, social posts, friendly, casual, playful, personal, elegant, handwritten feel, expressive titles, personal tone, modern script, brushlike, looping, slanted, monolinear, smooth.
A slanted cursive script with smooth, brushlike strokes and gently tapered terminals. Letterforms are compact and relatively narrow, with a low x-height and long, flowing ascenders and descenders that create a lively vertical rhythm. Strokes show subtle pressure variation rather than sharp thick–thin extremes, and many characters feature rounded joins, soft entry strokes, and occasional looped forms. Spacing is fairly tight and the overall texture reads as continuous and rhythmic, even where letters are not fully connected.
Well-suited for short, expressive text such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging highlights, and social media graphics. It performs best at display sizes where the loops and tapered endings can be appreciated without crowding.
The font feels personable and upbeat, like quick neat handwriting with a touch of polish. Its energetic slant and looping forms give it a warm, informal tone that can still read as refined when set larger.
Designed to emulate fluid pen or brush handwriting in a controlled, repeatable way, prioritizing natural rhythm and a friendly tone. The compact proportions and consistent slant suggest an intention to work in modern display settings while retaining an authentic handwritten character.
Uppercase letters are particularly expressive, with sweeping swashes and generous curves that stand out in titles. Numerals follow the same cursive logic, leaning and staying narrow, which helps maintain consistency across mixed alphanumeric settings.