Script Etkud 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, logos, packaging, posters, retro, friendly, playful, confident, warm, display impact, hand-lettered feel, vintage appeal, decorative capitals, smooth flow, brushy, rounded, swashy, connected, heavy.
A very heavy, right-slanted script with rounded terminals and brush-like, calligraphic modulation. Letterforms show compact counters, teardrop/ball-like joins in places, and a consistent flowing baseline rhythm, with many characters linking naturally into a continuous word shape. Capitals are prominent and decorative with broad entry strokes and soft, swollen curves, while lowercase stays compact with tight bowls and short-looking ascenders/descenders. Numerals and punctuation match the same bold, cursive construction, maintaining strong texture and dense color in text.
Best suited to short, prominent text such as logos, product names, posters, packaging, and headline treatments where the bold cursive texture can carry the design. It can also work for event or promotional graphics where a vintage, hand-lettered feel is desired, especially at larger sizes where the heavy joins and compact counters remain clear.
The overall tone is upbeat and nostalgic, evoking classic signwriting and mid-century display lettering. Its thick strokes and soft curves feel approachable and energetic, with enough flourish to read as celebratory and attention-seeking rather than formal or restrained.
The design appears intended to mimic bold brush script lettering for display use, prioritizing strong presence, smooth connectivity, and decorative capitals to create distinctive wordmarks and attention-grabbing titles.
In the sample text, spacing and connections create a strong “script banner” silhouette, and the dense stroke weight produces a high-impact typographic color. The most distinctive visual cues are the rounded, bulbous stroke endings and the consistent forward slant that keeps words feeling fast and lively.