Cursive Puva 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social posts, packaging, posters, invitations, friendly, casual, playful, approachable, lively, handwritten warmth, casual charm, brush script feel, expressive display, brushy, looping, rounded, bouncy, monoline-ish.
A lively cursive hand with a rightward slant and brush-pen feel. Strokes are rounded and softly tapered, with moderate contrast and frequent entry/exit flicks that create a flowing rhythm. Letterforms favor open counters and generous curves, while capitals introduce larger loops and occasional swashy turns. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handwritten cadence rather than rigid typographic regularity.
This font suits short to medium-length display settings where a friendly handwritten voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, quote graphics, social content, packaging callouts, and casual posters. It performs best at sizes where the loops and brush-like terminals have room to breathe, and where a relaxed, personal tone is more important than strict formality.
The overall tone is warm and personable, like a quick handwritten note made with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its bouncy curves and looping capitals give it a cheerful, informal energy that reads as inviting and human.
The design appears intended to mimic natural brush-script handwriting with enough consistency for set text, balancing expressive looping capitals with a readable lowercase. Its construction emphasizes momentum and personable texture over geometric precision.
Uppercase characters tend to be more expressive and loop-driven, while lowercase stays simpler and more legible, with consistent joining behavior implied in the sample text. Numerals follow the same casual, rounded handwriting logic with smooth curves and minimal sharp terminals.