Cursive Lidew 13 is a very light, normal width, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, packaging, headlines, elegant, romantic, graceful, airy, refined, signature feel, formal note, decorative display, expressive script, looping, flourished, swashy, slanted, calligraphic.
A delicate, flowing script with a consistent rightward slant and long, tapering entry/exit strokes. Letterforms are built from smooth, continuous curves with frequent loops and occasional swash-like terminals, especially in capitals and descenders. Strokes feel pen-driven, with subtle thick–thin modulation and pointed joins that give the writing a crisp, high-finesse rhythm. Spacing is open and light, and the very small x-height is balanced by tall ascenders and generous descenders for an elongated, graceful silhouette.
Best suited to short-to-medium settings where its loops and flourishes can remain clear, such as invitations, greeting cards, labels, boutique branding, and editorial or campaign headlines. It can work for brief accent lines in layouts, but the ornate capitals and compact lowercase structure suggest avoiding very small sizes or dense paragraphs.
The overall tone is polished and expressive—more formal than casual—evoking classic handwritten correspondence and decorative calligraphy. Its airy construction and flourished movement read as romantic and inviting, with a gentle sense of ceremony.
Designed to capture an elegant, pen-written signature feel with decorative capitals and flowing joins, prioritizing grace and movement over utilitarian neutrality. The proportions and swashy tendencies suggest an emphasis on expressive display use while maintaining enough consistency to set readable words and phrases.
Capitals are notably ornate and larger in presence than the lowercase, creating strong word-shape emphasis for initials. Numerals follow the same cursive logic, with simple, slightly looped forms that keep the set cohesive. In longer text, the continuous slant and repeated looping create a smooth, lyrical texture rather than a sharp, angular rhythm.