Cursive Yaba 3 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, branding, headlines, invitations, packaging, casual, airy, personal, elegant, expressive, handwritten feel, personal tone, signature style, casual elegance, brushy, slanted, looping, monolinear, spidery.
A slanted handwritten script with lean, elongated letterforms and a light, brush-pen texture. Strokes are mostly monolinear with subtle pressure changes, tapering terminals, and occasional rough edges that preserve a natural drawn feel. Letter shapes are compact in height with long ascenders and descenders, creating a tall, wiry rhythm; widths vary noticeably from narrow uprights to wider, looped forms. Connections are common in lowercase, while capitals remain more standalone and gestural, with open counters and simplified construction for speed and flow.
Well-suited for short to medium display settings such as signatures, logos, product names, invitations, and social graphics where a personal touch is desirable. It also works for accent lines in editorial layouts or packaging, especially when paired with a restrained sans or serif for body copy.
The overall tone is informal and personal, like quick but confident note-taking or a signature-style hand. Its thin, airy lines give it an understated elegance, while the lively slant and loops add spontaneity and warmth. The texture reads human and slightly imperfect, emphasizing authenticity over polish.
Designed to capture a fast, natural cursive hand with a light brush-pen feel, prioritizing gesture and rhythm over strict regularity. The narrow, slanted construction and long extenders suggest an intention to create an expressive, elegant handwritten voice for display use.
Spacing appears somewhat loose and organic, with inconsistent join behavior that enhances the hand-drawn character in running text. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, staying simple and lightly built to match the alphabet. The font’s long extenders and narrow body can create a lot of vertical motion on a line, especially in words with repeated ascenders/descenders.