Cursive Polah 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, social graphics, packaging, invitations, quotes, friendly, playful, personal, casual, lively, handwritten mimicry, modern brush script, casual display, personal tone, brushy, looped, bouncy, monoline feel, upright slant.
A flowing, brush-pen style script with a gentle rightward slant and a lively, handwritten rhythm. Strokes show noticeable contrast between thicker downstrokes and finer upstrokes, with rounded terminals and occasional tapered entries/exits that mimic pressure changes. Letterforms are compact with relatively tall ascenders and looped extenders, and the overall spacing feels slightly irregular in a natural way, helping it read as genuinely hand-drawn rather than strictly constructed. Capitals are prominent and expressive, while lowercase forms keep a simplified, legible cursive structure with soft joins and intermittent breaks between letters.
This script performs well in short to medium-length display settings where a friendly handwritten voice is needed, such as greeting cards, invitations, gift tags, packaging accents, and social media graphics. It also suits pull quotes, headlines, and brand marks that benefit from an informal, human touch, especially when paired with a simple sans for supporting text.
The font conveys a warm, personable tone—casual, cheerful, and approachable—like a neat note written with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its energetic curves and buoyant baselines add a lighthearted, crafty feel that suits informal communication and friendly branding.
The design appears intended to emulate modern brush-lettering: expressive capitals, smooth cursive movement, and pressure-based stroke contrast that delivers a natural handwritten impression while staying clean enough for repeated use in branding and display typography.
The numeral set follows the same handwritten logic with smooth curves and modest flourish, staying readable while retaining the pen-drawn character. Overall texture is clean and consistent, with just enough variation in stroke and spacing to keep the script from feeling mechanical.