Cursive Obgey 3 is a very light, narrow, low contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, quotes, packaging, craft branding, airy, delicate, whimsical, retro, gentle, handwritten charm, elegant script, playful refinement, lightweight display, monoline, looping, tall ascenders, high-waisted, spindly.
A slender, monoline handwritten design with tall capitals and long, looping ascenders and descenders. Curves are smooth and rounded with occasional tight loops in letters like b, f, g, j, and y, while many lowercase forms sit small on the baseline, giving a distinctly high-waisted rhythm. Capitals are simple and open with lightly stylized terminals, and overall spacing feels a bit uneven in an intentional, hand-drawn way. Numerals are similarly thin and rounded, with a light, sketch-like presence.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where the delicate strokes and looping forms can be appreciated—such as invitations, greeting cards, quotes, product tags, and boutique or craft-oriented branding. It can also work for light editorial accents or captions when given generous size and spacing.
The font reads as soft and personable, with a whimsical, slightly vintage notebook character. Its light stroke and looping forms create an elegant but informal tone—more charming than formal—suggesting friendliness, creativity, and a bit of playfulness.
The design appears intended to capture a refined handwritten voice: thin, flowing, and loop-rich, with legibility kept through open counters and simple capital construction. It prioritizes elegance and personality over dense text efficiency, aiming for a graceful hand-script feel in display use.
In longer text the prominent ascenders/descenders and frequent loops become a key texture, while the small lowercase bodies keep the line looking airy. The contrast between restrained capitals and more expressive lowercase adds visual interest, especially in mixed-case headlines.