Cursive Dufo 3 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, logotypes, packaging, elegant, romantic, airy, personal, refined, handwritten elegance, signature look, display script, personal tone, looping, swashy, calligraphic, monoline, delicate.
A delicate, looping script with a smooth rightward slant and an airy, monoline feel. Strokes are thin and clean with subtle thick–thin modulation, forming long entry and exit strokes that give the letters a continuous, ribbon-like rhythm. Capitals are larger and more expressive, with open bowls and occasional swashes, while the lowercase stays compact with a notably low x-height and tall ascenders/descenders. Numerals are simple and lightly styled to match the handwriting texture, maintaining the same slender stroke and gentle curves.
This font suits applications where a personal, elegant signature-like voice is desired—wedding and event invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, packaging accents, and short promotional headlines. It performs best at display sizes where the thin strokes and looping joins can remain clear.
The overall tone is graceful and intimate, like neat pen-and-ink handwriting used for special notes. Its light touch and flowing connections read as romantic and polished rather than casual or rough, with a calm, tasteful elegance.
The design appears intended to capture refined cursive penmanship with a light, graceful stroke and expressive capitals, prioritizing charm and fluidity for display and short-form text.
Many forms favor open counters and extended terminals, which enhances the sense of motion and keeps word shapes fluid. The strong slant and long connectors can make spacing feel lively and slightly irregular in a natural handwritten way, especially in longer text lines.