Script Afdaf 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, quotes, packaging, social media, playful, friendly, whimsical, casual, handmade, handwritten charm, casual elegance, personal tone, playful display, monoline feel, rounded, loopy, bouncy, informal.
A lively handwritten script with a narrow overall footprint and a right-leaning, cursive rhythm. Strokes show noticeable thick–thin modulation, with rounded terminals and occasional tapered entries that keep the line feeling pen-drawn rather than mechanically uniform. Letterforms are tall and slender, with compact counters and buoyant curves; ascenders rise prominently above a relatively small x-height, and descenders are long and looped in several lowercase forms. Connections are generally fluid in text, while individual glyphs retain distinct shapes and slightly varied widths for an organic cadence.
Well suited to short-to-medium display text where a friendly handwritten voice is desired—greeting cards, invitations, craft and boutique packaging, social media graphics, and quote-style headlines. It can also work for branding accents and section headers when paired with a simple sans or serif for longer reading.
The font reads as cheerful and personable, with a lighthearted, conversational tone. Its loops and soft curves give it a warm, approachable energy that feels more like a quick handwritten note than a formal calligraphic script.
Designed to capture an easy, natural handwriting flow with a slim, vertical silhouette and expressive loops. The emphasis appears to be on charm and personality—maintaining legibility while keeping a spontaneous, hand-drawn texture in continuous text.
Capitals are simple and upright-to-slanted with minimal ornament, while lowercase forms carry most of the expressiveness through loops (notably in letters like g, j, y, and z). Numerals are similarly narrow and rounded, matching the handwriting character and maintaining consistent vertical emphasis across the set.