Cursive Likaw 13 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, monograms, certificates, elegant, romantic, refined, formal, classic, formal script, decorative caps, calligraphic feel, display elegance, calligraphic, flourished, looping, swashy, delicate.
A delicate cursive script with slender strokes and a consistent rightward slant. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with generous loops and long entry/exit strokes, giving many characters a connected, written-on-the-fly rhythm. Capitals are notably expansive and ornamental, featuring extended swashes and oval forms that create strong contrast in scale against the compact lowercase. The lowercase is small and airy with fine terminals and occasional long ascenders/descenders, while numerals follow the same light, flowing logic with subtle calligraphic modulation.
Well suited to elegant invitations, wedding stationery, and formal announcements where decorative capitals can lead. It also works for boutique branding, monograms, short display lines, and certificate-style headings, especially when set with ample whitespace.
The font conveys a poised, romantic tone—graceful and intimate, with a traditional calligraphy feel. Its sweeping capitals and thin hairlines suggest ceremony and polish rather than casual everyday handwriting.
The letterforms appear intended to emulate formal penmanship with emphasis on flourish and continuity, prioritizing graceful motion and decorative capitals for display-focused settings.
The design leans heavily on expressive capitals and fluid joins, which can dominate a line and shape the overall texture of words. At smaller sizes, the fine strokes and tight interior spaces in loops may require generous spacing and sufficient resolution to maintain clarity.