Script Lebas 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, packaging, certificates, elegant, romantic, classic, refined, inviting, formal script, personal elegance, decorative titles, ceremonial tone, expressive capitals, calligraphic, looping, flourished, slanted, swashy.
A flowing calligraphic script with a consistent rightward slant and medium stroke modulation. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with long entry/exit strokes and frequent looped ascenders and descenders, giving words a braided, ribbon-like rhythm. Capitals are especially expansive, using open bowls and extended swashes, while lowercase forms stay comparatively compact with a notably small x-height and tall, delicate extenders. Spacing and widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, producing an organic, handwritten cadence rather than a rigid, monoline structure.
Best suited to display applications where the swashes and contrast can be appreciated—wedding suites, invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, premium packaging, and certificate-style headings. It also works well for short quotes or pull-phrases when set with generous tracking and line spacing.
The overall tone is formal and romantic, evoking traditional penmanship used for ceremonial or personal communication. Its graceful swashes and airy loops feel polished and expressive, leaning toward classic elegance rather than casual handwriting.
The design appears intended to capture a polished, formal handwriting look with expressive capitals and looping connections, prioritizing elegance and flourish over utilitarian text readability. The restrained lowercase paired with prominent extenders suggests a focus on creating a sophisticated script texture in titles and personalized messaging.
The digit set follows the same cursive logic with slanted forms and subtle terminals, helping numerals blend into typographic compositions without breaking the script flow. At larger sizes the flourishes read clearly and add character; in dense settings the fine joins and compact lowercase can make texture feel busy, especially where swashes approach neighboring letters.