Cursive Urlih 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, posters, quotes, casual, playful, expressive, handcrafted, retro, handmade feel, casual signage, expressive display, brush lettering, brushy, textured, looped, bouncy, painterly.
This script has a brush-pen look with sharp contrast between thick downstrokes and thin hairlines, and an overall rightward slant. Strokes show visible texture and slightly rough edges, suggesting dry-brush or ink-on-paper behavior rather than a perfectly clean vector line. Letterforms are compact and narrow with a lively, uneven rhythm; terminals often taper to points or flare subtly, and many characters use looped entries and exits. Uppercase shapes are simplified and gestural, while lowercase forms stay relatively small against tall ascenders and descenders, giving the text a springy vertical profile.
It works well for short to medium-length display settings where a personal, handcrafted voice is desired—such as logos, packaging callouts, café or boutique branding, posters, and social media graphics. The texture and contrast make it especially effective at larger sizes and in headings or pull quotes rather than dense body copy.
The tone is informal and personable, with an energetic, handwritten charm. Its textured strokes and bouncy movement feel crafty and friendly, leaning toward a lightly retro, DIY aesthetic rather than formal calligraphy.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush lettering with expressive contrast and visible ink texture, balancing legibility with a casual, human irregularity. It aims to provide an approachable script voice that feels hand-made and energetic in contemporary display layouts.
Connections between letters vary, so it reads as semi-connected handwriting with occasional breaks that add to the natural cadence. Numerals follow the same brush logic, with open curves and tapered ends that keep them consistent with the letterforms.