Cursive Nabuf 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social posts, posters, headlines, friendly, casual, playful, handmade, lively, handwritten realism, approachability, informal emphasis, human warmth, brushy, monoline, rounded, looped, bouncy.
A lively handwritten script with a brush-pen feel and mostly monoline strokes, softened by rounded terminals and gentle tapering at stroke starts and finishes. Letterforms lean only slightly, with a bouncy baseline and irregular rhythm that keeps the texture organic rather than mechanically even. Capitals are tall and prominent with simple, open shapes, while lowercase mixes connected and semi-connected behavior, using looping ascenders and descenders and compact counters that read cleanly at display sizes. Numerals match the informal flow, with single-stroke construction and curved, open forms that maintain the same drawn-by-hand cadence.
This font is well suited to short, expressive text such as branding accents, packaging callouts, social media graphics, posters, invitations, and headline treatments where a friendly handwritten voice is desired. It works best when given room to breathe and paired with a simpler companion face for longer reading.
The overall tone is warm, personable, and informal, like quick marker lettering on a note or café board. Its energetic curves and slightly uneven spacing give it a spontaneous, approachable character suited to conversational messaging.
Designed to simulate quick, confident brush handwriting with an easygoing rhythm and clear letter shapes, balancing spontaneity with enough consistency to remain legible in typical display applications.
Stroke joins show natural pen-direction changes, and spacing varies subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the handcrafted look. The tall capitals and long extenders create a vertical, expressive silhouette in mixed-case text.