Cursive Efnid 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, posters, social media, invitations, casual, friendly, handmade, lively, personal, handwritten feel, expressive headlines, personal tone, brush-pen mimicry, quick note style, brushy, looping, slanted, tall, airy.
A slanted, brush-pen script with tall ascenders, compact lowercase bodies, and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes show moderate contrast with tapered entries and exits, plus occasional heavier downstrokes that mimic pressure from a felt tip or brush. Letterforms are narrow and upright-leaning in structure but consistently italic in motion, with open counters and generous internal spacing that keeps the texture light. Connections are suggested by flowing terminals and shared baseline movement, while many letters remain loosely joined for a natural handwritten cadence.
Best suited for short, expressive text such as branding phrases, packaging callouts, posters, social graphics, and invitation-style layouts. It works especially well when given breathing room and larger sizes where the brush texture and looping terminals can be appreciated. For longer passages, it is more effective as an accent font paired with a simpler companion for body copy.
The font reads as informal and personable, like quick but confident note-taking or a headline written with a marker. Its energetic loops and sweeping terminals add warmth and spontaneity, giving text an approachable, conversational tone rather than a polished calligraphic one.
Designed to capture the look of fast, natural handwriting made with a brushy pen, emphasizing speed, personality, and expressive stroke movement. The narrow, tall proportions and compact lowercase aim to keep words sleek while still feeling handmade and dynamic.
Uppercase forms are simplified and tall, with prominent curved strokes that create expressive initials. Descenders on letters like g, j, y, and z extend with long, fluid loops, adding motion in longer words. Numerals match the script attitude with similarly tapered strokes and a handwritten variability that favors display settings over dense copy.