Cursive Baken 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: greeting cards, invitations, packaging, social posts, quotes, playful, casual, handmade, friendly, lively, handwritten charm, personal tone, modern script, craft aesthetic, looping, bouncy, brushy, monoline, organic.
A casual script with a pronounced rightward slant, narrow letterforms, and a lively baseline rhythm. Strokes feel brush-pen driven, with tapered entries and exits and occasional swelling that gives select turns extra emphasis. Capitals are tall and simplified with long, upright stems and modest flourishes, while lowercase forms stay compact with tight counters and frequent looped joins. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, mixing open curves and swift terminals for an informal, unified texture.
Best suited to short display lines where a handwritten personality is desired—greeting cards, invitations, product packaging, and social media graphics. It can work for logos or headers when set with generous spacing and enough size to preserve the delicate loops and tight counters.
The overall tone is warm and personable, like quick marker lettering on a note or label. Its energetic loops and slightly irregular rhythm read as spontaneous and upbeat rather than polished or formal.
Likely designed to emulate fast, natural brush handwriting with a narrow, slightly elegant stance, balancing playful loops with clean, readable forms for modern craft and lifestyle applications.
Letter spacing and connections vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an authentically drawn feel. The tall ascenders and narrow proportions create a vertical, elegant silhouette, while the compact lowercase keeps words feeling light and quick.