Cursive Ligar 5 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, beauty, headlines, elegant, romantic, airy, refined, fashion-forward, formal script, signature look, boutique elegance, decorative emphasis, calligraphic, looping, flourished, delicate, slanted.
A delicate, calligraphic script with a pronounced rightward slant and crisp stroke modulation. The letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry and exit strokes with frequent looped terminals, creating an open, airy texture. Capitals are tall and expressive, often using extended swashes and slender cross-strokes, while lowercase forms stay compact with minimal joining and narrow counters. Spacing feels intentionally open, and the numerals mirror the same thin–thick rhythm with smooth, curved construction.
Best suited for display settings such as wedding stationery, luxury or beauty branding, packaging accents, editorial pull-quotes, and elegant headlines. It also works well for short signatures or name treatments where its flourished capitals can take center stage.
The overall tone is graceful and romantic, with a polished, boutique feel. Its looping flourishes and fine hairlines suggest formality and softness rather than casual everyday handwriting, lending a poetic, invitation-like mood to short text.
The design appears intended to emulate refined handwritten calligraphy with fashionable proportions and expressive capitals, prioritizing elegance and gesture over utilitarian readability in long passages.
The contrast and fine terminals give it a sparkling, pen-and-ink character, but also make it visually sensitive at smaller sizes or on busy backgrounds. The rhythm is consistent across the alphabet, and the extended ascenders/descenders add a dramatic vertical elegance in lines of text.