Cursive Koben 3 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, logo, signature, elegant, romantic, delicate, refined, airy, handwritten elegance, signature look, formal script, decorative capitals, monoline, hairline, calligraphic, looping, flourished.
A slender, hairline script with a consistently right-leaning, calligraphic stroke. Letterforms are built from long, tapered curves and fine entry/exit strokes, with occasional looped joins and generous swashes on capitals. The rhythm is light and quick, with narrow proportions and extended ascenders/descenders that create a tall, flowing silhouette. Counters stay open and the overall texture remains airy, giving words a graceful, continuous movement in text.
Best suited for short, prominent text such as wedding stationery, event invitations, boutique branding, beauty or fashion logos, packaging accents, and signature-style name treatments. It can also work for pull quotes or headings when set large enough to preserve the fine strokes and elegant joins.
The font conveys a poised, intimate tone—more like careful penmanship than a bold display script. Its thin strokes and sweeping capitals feel formal-leaning and romantic, suggesting invitations, signatures, and tasteful personal correspondence. The overall impression is quiet and refined rather than playful or loud.
Designed to emulate graceful, pen-written cursive with an emphasis on slender strokes, sweeping capital forms, and a continuous handwritten cadence. The overall intent appears to be a stylish, formal script for expressive display rather than dense, small-size reading.
Capitals are notably decorative, often using large initial curves and looped terminals that can take visual priority at larger sizes. In running text, the light weight and tight letter spacing can make long passages feel fragile, so it benefits from generous size and line spacing.