Cursive Lykip 9 is a light, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, logotypes, headlines, elegant, romantic, refined, vintage, airy, formality, sophistication, personal touch, signature style, ornamentation, swashy, calligraphic, looping, slanted, hairline.
A delicate cursive script with pronounced stroke contrast and a consistent rightward slant. Letterforms are narrow and tall, with long ascenders/descenders and a notably small x-height that keeps the lowercase compact and refined. Strokes alternate between hairline entry/exit strokes and thicker, brush-like downstrokes, creating a rhythmic, calligraphic texture. Many capitals feature graceful loops and extended lead-in strokes, while lowercase forms remain relatively open and lightly connected, favoring elegant continuity over dense joining.
Best suited to invitations and event stationery, wedding collateral, boutique branding, and logo wordmarks where an elegant handwritten signature is desired. It also works well for short headlines, pull quotes, and packaging accents, especially when set with ample whitespace and paired with a restrained serif or clean sans for supporting text.
The overall tone is graceful and romantic, with a formal handwritten feel that reads as classic and slightly vintage. Its airy spacing and high-contrast movement give it a polished, ceremonial character suited to expressive, personal messaging.
The design appears intended to emulate refined penmanship with calligraphic contrast and tasteful swashes, prioritizing elegance and expressive movement. Its compact lowercase and ornate capitals suggest a focus on display settings rather than dense, continuous reading.
Numerals follow the same slanted, high-contrast construction, with simple silhouettes and occasional cursive-like terminals. The font’s narrow proportions and swash tendencies in capitals make it visually striking, but also more sensitive to size and spacing in longer passages.