Cursive Fidot 3 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: signatures, quotes, social media, packaging, invitations, casual, personal, airy, lively, modern, handwritten feel, quick note, friendly branding, casual emphasis, personal tone, monoline, loose, sketchy, fluid, open.
A loose, monoline cursive with a pronounced rightward slant and quick, pen-like stroke behavior. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with occasional lifted joins, creating a semi-connected rhythm rather than strict script connectivity. Ascenders are tall and prominent while lowercase bodies stay small, and counters remain open and lightly drawn, giving the texture a spacious feel. Uppercase forms are simplified and gestural, mixing looped and single-stroke constructions that read like fast handwriting.
Well-suited for signature-style titling, pull quotes, greeting cards, and lifestyle branding where a personal voice is desired. It works best at display sizes on clean backgrounds, and can add a casual, handwritten accent to packaging, menus, and social posts.
The overall tone is informal and human, like a quick note written with a fine marker or gel pen. It feels friendly and contemporary rather than formal calligraphy, with a spontaneous energy that reads as authentic and approachable.
Designed to capture the immediacy of everyday cursive writing—fast, legible, and lightly expressive—while staying consistent enough for short-to-medium display copy. The emphasis is on an authentic handwritten rhythm with clean, modern simplicity.
Spacing appears intentionally relaxed, with noticeable variation in letter widths and join behavior that reinforces the hand-written character. The numerals follow the same light, handwritten logic and blend smoothly alongside the letters in running text.