Cursive Viru 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: packaging, posters, social, headlines, greeting cards, casual, lively, hand-drawn, friendly, whimsical, handwritten voice, casual charm, expressive display, human texture, brushy, inked, looping, bouncy, textured.
A compact, hand-inked script with a forward slant and a brush-pen feel. Strokes show noticeable pressure variation and slight wobble, with rounded terminals, occasional tapered entries, and irregular edges that preserve a drawn-on-paper texture. Letterforms lean tall and narrow, with tight counters and compact proportions; spacing varies subtly to keep an organic rhythm. Uppercase forms are expressive and simplified, while lowercase includes looped ascenders/descenders and a mix of connected and loosely separated joins typical of quick handwriting.
This font works best for short to medium-length display copy where a handwritten voice is desirable—packaging callouts, posters, social graphics, invitations, and greeting-card style messaging. It can also be effective for branding accents or quotes when set with generous line spacing to keep the lively texture from feeling crowded.
The overall tone is informal and energetic, like a fast note written with a felt-tip or brush pen. Its imperfect contours and bouncy rhythm give it a personable, playful character that feels approachable rather than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of casual brush handwriting—compact, slanted, and slightly irregular—while remaining consistent enough for readable display use. It prioritizes personality and gesture over strict geometric regularity, aiming for a natural, human rhythm in both caps and lowercase.
The narrow build and dense shapes make the texture of a line of text quite dark and continuous, especially in longer words. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with simple, rounded forms that match the script’s stroke behavior and slant.