Script Tigum 16 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, greeting cards, branding, headlines, elegant, romantic, vintage, refined, playful, formal charm, handwritten polish, decorative caps, invitation styling, signature feel, looping, swashy, calligraphic, monoline accents, bouncy baseline.
A slanted, calligraphy-inspired script with flowing, semi-connected strokes and pronounced looped entry/exit terminals. The letterforms show high stroke contrast, with thin hairlines and fuller downstrokes, and frequent teardrop-like terminals that mimic a pen lift. Uppercase characters are more decorative, featuring larger bowls and occasional flourished caps, while lowercase forms are compact with a relatively small x-height and gently bouncing rhythm across the baseline. Numerals and capitals keep the same cursive logic, with soft curves and occasional swashes that maintain a cohesive handwritten texture.
This script is well suited to short-form display settings such as wedding suites, event stationery, greeting cards, boutique packaging, and logo-style wordmarks. It works best at larger sizes where the hairlines and loops remain crisp, and as an accent face paired with a simple serif or sans for body text.
The font conveys a polished, romantic tone—formal enough for invitations, but with a light, personable charm typical of neat hand lettering. Its looping forms and delicate hairlines suggest a classic, slightly vintage sensibility rather than a modern geometric script.
The design appears intended to emulate careful pen-and-ink cursive with a dressy, flourish-forward personality, balancing legibility with decorative capitals and graceful terminals for display typography.
Spacing appears intentionally airy to preserve the thin connecting strokes and prevent tangling in tighter combinations. Some capitals and letters with long ascenders/descenders add vertical animation, which helps headings feel expressive but can dominate small sizes if set too tightly.