Cursive Apdes 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, social media, packaging, quotes, airy, casual, friendly, lively, graceful, handwritten charm, light elegance, casual display, brush texture, brushy, monoline feel, looping, tall ascenders, open counters.
A slender handwritten script with a brush-pen rhythm and pronounced stroke modulation. Letterforms are generally upright with tall ascenders and descenders, a compact lowercase body, and rounded, open counters that keep the texture light. Strokes taper sharply at entry and exit points, with occasional heavier downstrokes that add sparkle and vertical emphasis. Connections are loose and intermittent rather than fully continuous, giving the writing a natural, drawn-in-one-go feel while maintaining clear letter separation in running text.
This font suits short-to-medium display settings where a friendly handwritten voice is desired, such as invitations, greeting cards, product packaging accents, social posts, pull quotes, and headers. It reads best at moderate sizes where the fine hairlines and tapered terminals can remain visible.
The overall tone is upbeat and personable, like neat marker lettering for notes, invitations, and small displays. Its high-contrast brush texture and narrow build feel modern and playful, with a gentle elegance that stays informal rather than formal or calligraphic.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident brush handwriting with a refined, narrow silhouette—balancing casual warmth with enough consistency for clean, repeatable setting. It emphasizes lively rhythm and tall proportions to create an elegant but approachable handwritten look.
Capitals show expressive looped structures and extended stems that create visual highlights at the start of words. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, airy shapes and tapered terminals that match the letterforms.