Cursive Alkiz 3 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invites, greeting cards, packaging, social posts, quotes, airy, graceful, romantic, friendly, lively, handwritten warmth, casual elegance, display readability, delicate flourish, monoline feel, looping, tall ascenders, long descenders, open counters.
A flowing script with slender, lightly drawn strokes and a mostly monoline feel, punctuated by subtle pressure-like swelling on curves and joins. Letterforms are tall and slim with pronounced ascenders and long, looping descenders, creating a vertical rhythm and generous white space inside counters. Connections are smooth and continuous in text, while capitals lean toward simplified, airy strokes that blend into the handwritten rhythm. Overall spacing is open and the forms stay clean and legible, with rounded terminals and occasional flourish in letters like g, y, and z.
Well suited to invitations, greeting cards, boutique packaging, social media graphics, and short quote treatments where a delicate handwritten voice is desired. It performs especially well at display sizes and for headings or highlights paired with a simple sans for supporting text.
The tone is elegant yet approachable, like neat personal handwriting with a touch of flourish. It reads as upbeat and romantic rather than formal, with an inviting, conversational cadence.
Designed to capture a tidy, flowing handwriting style that feels personal and expressive without becoming overly ornate. The emphasis on tall proportions, smooth joins, and looping descenders suggests an intention to deliver elegant script personality while keeping words readable in mixed-case phrases.
The uppercase set is relatively restrained compared to the more decorative lowercase, so mixed-case settings keep a balanced, readable texture. Numerals follow the same slim, handwritten logic and sit lightly on the baseline, making them best when used sparingly or at comfortable sizes.