Cursive Elbuf 3 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, logotypes, packaging, invitations, social media, elegant, personal, airy, fluid, casual, signature style, handwritten polish, expressive display, personal tone, looping, monoline, calligraphic, slanted, tall ascenders.
A lively cursive script with a consistent rightward slant and a mostly monoline stroke that shows subtle contrast in curves and joins. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry and exit strokes, with frequent open counters and generous internal space that keeps the texture light. Proportions emphasize tall ascenders and descenders with comparatively small lowercase bodies, producing a vertical, airy rhythm. Connections are smooth and continuous in running text, while capitals add larger loops and extended terminals that create a more expressive silhouette.
Best suited to display use where its looping capitals and flowing connections can be appreciated, such as branding marks, boutique packaging, invitations, and short promotional lines. It also works well for signature-style accents and headings, while dense paragraph text may feel busy due to the extended ascenders/descenders and decorative terminals.
The font reads as personable and stylish, balancing informal handwriting with a refined, signature-like polish. Its flowing joins and elongated strokes give it a graceful, romantic tone without feeling overly formal or rigid.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, confident handwriting with a refined finish—combining smooth connectivity and elongated strokes to create a recognizable, signature-driven voice for display typography.
Capitals are more decorative than the lowercase, featuring prominent loops and long cross-strokes that can become focal points in short phrases. In text settings, the long descenders and sweeping terminals create an active baseline and a slightly dramatic cadence, especially around letters like g, y, and z.