Script Ellew 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, greeting cards, elegant, playful, vintage, friendly, charming, handwritten polish, decorative caps, lively rhythm, display readability, looping, swashy, bouncy, rounded, calligraphic.
A flowing, right-leaning script with brush-like strokes and rounded terminals. Forms are narrow and lively, with a bouncy baseline and frequent looped joins that mimic quick, confident handwriting. Capitals are more decorative, featuring prominent entry/exit swashes and occasional internal loops, while lowercase maintains a consistent cursive rhythm with compact counters and tapered connections. Stroke contrast is moderate, with thicker downstrokes and slimmer linking strokes that keep word shapes active without becoming overly delicate.
Well suited to short-to-medium display settings where its loops and swashes can be appreciated, such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, and product packaging. It can also work for headlines or pull quotes when given generous spacing and line height to prevent the lively connections from feeling crowded.
The overall tone feels personable and expressive—polished enough for invitations, yet upbeat and informal in motion. Its looping capitals and buoyant rhythm suggest a nostalgic, hand-lettered charm rather than a strict, formal copperplate feel.
Designed to emulate a neat, stylish cursive hand with decorative capitals and a steady, brush-pen-like rhythm. The intention appears to balance readability with flourish—providing expressive word shapes for display while keeping lowercase forms relatively consistent for smooth text flow.
Letterforms show a mix of connected and lightly separated joins depending on shape, which adds a natural handwritten cadence. The numeral set follows the same cursive logic with soft curves and simple, readable silhouettes. In longer text, the energetic swashes are most noticeable on capitals, so capitalization and spacing choices will strongly influence the perceived formality.