Cursive Dekog 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, quotes, elegant, romantic, airy, refined, playful, handwritten elegance, decorative flair, personal tone, signature style, calligraphic, looping, flourished, slanted, monoline-like.
A flowing cursive script with a pronounced rightward slant and a light, airy color on the page. Strokes show calligraphic modulation—thin entry/exit hairlines paired with fuller downstrokes—creating a graceful, high-contrast rhythm. Letterforms are narrow and tall with long ascenders/descenders and frequent looped constructions, while connections between letters appear natural and continuous in text. Terminals tend to taper into soft flicks, and many capitals feature larger swashes that extend above or below the writing line.
This font suits short to medium-length display settings where a personal, polished handwriting voice is desired—wedding or event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and pull quotes. It performs best when given room to breathe so the loops and swashes can remain clear, and when used selectively for emphasis rather than dense body text.
The overall tone feels elegant and romantic, with a gentle, handwritten intimacy. Its looping joins and tapered terminals add a refined, slightly theatrical character that reads as expressive rather than utilitarian. The generous flourishes in capitals lend a celebratory, invitation-like mood.
The design appears intended to emulate a neat, calligraphy-influenced handwriting style that balances readability with decorative flourish. It aims to provide a graceful script voice with expressive capitals and smooth connections for logo-like words and elegant titling.
In continuous text, the slant and tight spacing of strokes produce a smooth cursive cadence, with occasional standout capitals that create decorative emphasis. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with curved forms and light modulation, aligning visually with the script style.