Cursive Lidef 3 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, greeting cards, branding, packaging, elegant, romantic, personal, refined, airy, handwritten elegance, signature look, graceful flow, decorative caps, calligraphic, looping, slanted, monoline, fluid.
A flowing cursive script with a consistent rightward slant and a largely monoline stroke that occasionally thickens on curves. Letterforms are built from long, sweeping entry and exit strokes, with open counters and generous internal space that keeps the texture light. Capitals are prominent and decorative, using extended loops and elongated swashes, while lowercase stays compact with a very low x-height and tall, slender ascenders and descenders. Spacing is variable and handwriting-like, creating a rhythmic, slightly buoyant line with frequent connecting strokes between letters.
Best suited for short to medium display copy where the elegant connected flow can be appreciated—wedding materials, invitations, cards, beauty or lifestyle branding, product packaging, and signature-style wordmarks. It can work for headings and pull quotes, while very small sizes or dense paragraphs may lose clarity due to the low x-height and delicate strokes.
The font conveys a graceful, intimate tone—more like neat, practiced handwriting than bold display lettering. Its looping capitals and airy strokes suggest romance and formality, making it feel suited to personal notes and polished signatures rather than utilitarian text.
Likely intended to emulate refined, contemporary cursive handwriting with an emphasis on smooth connections and expressive capitals. The design prioritizes graceful rhythm and a lightweight, polished look that reads as personal and upscale.
Long ascenders/descenders and extended swash-like terminals add vertical movement and can increase line collisions in tighter leading. Numerals share the same slanted, handwritten feel and appear designed to blend visually with the script rather than stand as rigid lining figures.