Script Lides 12 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, formal, graceful, vintage, formal script, calligraphic elegance, decorative capitals, premium feel, calligraphic, swashy, looping, flowing, delicate.
A refined cursive face with a consistent rightward slant, thin hairlines, and gently swelling curves that suggest a pointed-pen rhythm. Capitals are notably ornamental, featuring extended entry strokes, looped terminals, and occasional underlining-style swashes that create a wide, airy silhouette. Lowercase forms are streamlined and slightly narrow, with smooth joins, rounded bowls, and long ascenders/descenders that add vertical elegance; dots and punctuation appear small and restrained. Numerals follow the same cursive logic, leaning and looping with minimal interruption to the overall flow.
Best suited to short-form display settings where its swash capitals and flowing connections can be appreciated—wedding suites, event stationery, boutique branding, labels and packaging, certificates, and elegant headlines. It can work in longer passages when set large with ample leading, but it is most impactful in names, titles, and pull quotes.
The overall tone is polished and ceremonial, evoking traditional penmanship and classic invitation lettering. Its flourishes feel expressive yet controlled, giving text a romantic, upscale character without becoming overly playful.
Likely designed to capture formal handwritten sophistication: smooth connected writing, expressive capitals, and a poised, calligraphic cadence aimed at premium, celebratory typography.
The design relies on generous curves and extended terminals, so it benefits from comfortable tracking and line spacing to avoid collisions in dense settings. The strongest visual emphasis comes from the capitals and their decorative swashes, which naturally draw attention at the start of words and lines.