Cursive Budas 3 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, headlines, posters, casual, friendly, personal, lively, modern, handwritten voice, signature style, casual display, modern charm, brushy, monolinear, airy, upright-leaning, looped.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel, built from smooth, fast strokes and gently rounded terminals. Letterforms are slim and tall, with frequent single-stroke construction and subtle swelling at curves and joins that suggests real pen pressure. The rhythm is loose and varied: widths and counters shift from glyph to glyph, ascenders are prominent, and many shapes simplify into clean, open gestures rather than rigid forms. Caps read as informal and signature-like, while the lowercase maintains a consistent forward slant with occasional looped descenders and compact bowls.
Well suited for branding accents, packaging labels, social posts, invitations, and short headline lines where a human, handwritten voice is desired. It can also work for pull quotes or subheads when paired with a restrained sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is approachable and personal, like quick note-taking or a confident signature. Its energetic stroke motion and slightly bouncy spacing give it a warm, conversational feel rather than a formal calligraphic one.
Designed to capture the immediacy of quick handwritten lettering—clean enough for display use, but intentionally informal. The tall, slender proportions and brushy stroke behavior aim to deliver a contemporary, personable tone with a signature-style flair.
The numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, streamlined constructions and a cohesive stroke texture. In longer text, the unevenness of stroke endings and the natural irregularity of curves add charm, but the narrow proportions and lively shapes make it most comfortable at moderate sizes where counters can breathe.