Cursive Eknef 3 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, quotes, elegant, whimsical, romantic, airy, refined, handwritten elegance, decorative display, signature style, calligraphic flair, looping, swashy, monoline feel, calligraphic, lively.
A delicate cursive script with tall, slender proportions and a lively rightward slant. Strokes alternate between hairline connections and sharper, heavier downstrokes, creating a calligraphic rhythm and a slightly sketch-like texture in places. Uppercase forms are expansive and looped, with generous entry/exit strokes and occasional extended crossbars, while lowercase letters remain compact with tight counters and brisk joins. Overall spacing is open and the baseline feel is smooth, giving the letterforms a light, airy presence in words.
Best suited for short, expressive settings such as wedding stationery, boutique branding, beauty or lifestyle packaging, social graphics, and editorial headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or names where the swashy capitals can be given room to breathe.
The font conveys a graceful, romantic tone with a hint of playful flourish. Its long loops and sweeping capitals feel formal-leaning but still personal and handwritten, suggesting invitations, signatures, and expressive headings rather than utilitarian text.
Designed to emulate flowing penmanship with dramatic capitals and a refined, calligraphic contrast. The emphasis appears to be on elegant word shapes and decorative movement, prioritizing personality and flourish for display use.
Capitals vary notably in width and flourish, creating a strong display character and a distinctive word shape. Numerals are slender and stylized to match the script, reading as decorative figures suited to short sequences rather than dense tables.