Script Adlis 17 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, whimsical, delicate, playful, romantic, handwritten elegance, boutique tone, expressive display, personal warmth, looped, monoline feel, tall ascenders, airy, calligraphic.
A slender handwritten script with tall, looping ascenders and descenders and a gently irregular, pen-drawn rhythm. Strokes often taper into fine hairlines at terminals, while key downstrokes appear slightly firmer, creating a lively calligraphic contrast without feeling heavy. Letterforms are narrow and vertically oriented, with compact counters and a noticeably small lowercase body relative to the extended vertical strokes. Connections are smooth in running text, and many characters feature simple entry/exit swashes and occasional open, curved joins that keep the texture airy.
Well-suited to invitations, greeting cards, and wedding or event stationery where a refined handwritten tone is desired. It also works effectively for boutique branding, packaging accents, and short headlines or pull quotes, especially where a narrow, elegant script can add personality without occupying much horizontal space.
The overall tone is graceful and personable, balancing elegance with a lighthearted, handcrafted charm. Its narrow, looping forms and soft terminals suggest a romantic, boutique feel rather than a formal business voice, making the text feel intimate and expressive.
The design appears intended to emulate neat, stylized hand lettering with a graceful, calligraphic flow and expressive loops. Its proportions prioritize a tall, delicate silhouette and a lively baseline rhythm to create a distinctive, personable voice in display-oriented text.
Uppercase forms read as simplified script capitals with restrained flourish, while the lowercase shows more pronounced loops (notably in letters like g, j, y, and z), giving lines of text an animated vertical cadence. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, with smooth curves and occasional looped shapes that match the letterforms’ flowing movement.