Cursive Tekup 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, social media, posters, greeting cards, friendly, casual, playful, retro, approachable, handwritten feel, personal tone, expressive display, casual emphasis, brushy, rounded, looping, energetic, bouncy.
A connected, brush-like script with a consistent rightward slant and softly rounded terminals. Strokes feel pressure-driven, with fuller downstrokes and lighter connecting strokes that create a lively rhythm without extreme contrast. Letterforms are compact with tight internal spaces, frequent loops in ascenders/descenders, and gently irregular widths that mimic quick handwriting. Capitals are prominent and simplified, pairing smoothly with the more flowing lowercase for an overall cohesive, handwritten texture.
Well-suited for short-to-medium display text where a personable handwritten voice is desired, such as branding accents, packaging callouts, social posts, invitations, and casual editorial headers. It performs especially well when set with generous spacing and used for emphasis rather than long paragraphs.
The tone is warm and informal, with a buoyant, conversational cadence that reads like confident marker or brush pen writing. Its rounded shapes and looping joins give it a personable, slightly retro charm—more friendly than formal, and more expressive than refined.
The design appears intended to capture the look of brisk, brush-pen handwriting in a clean, repeatable digital form—prioritizing warmth, motion, and easy expressiveness for contemporary display use.
Joins are generally continuous and smooth, helping words form an even cursive line in text. Numerals share the same handwritten energy, with rounded forms and slight asymmetries that keep them consistent with the script style.