Cursive Ligef 11 is a light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, headlines, logotypes, quotes, elegant, airy, romantic, graceful, fashionable, signature style, decorative caps, handwritten elegance, display script, calligraphic, looping, swashy, slender, high slant.
A slender, highly slanted script with a pen-like stroke that moves from fine hairlines into slightly heavier downstrokes. Letterforms are narrow and tall with generous ascenders and descenders, and many capitals use extended entry/exit strokes and open loops. Joins are mostly smooth and flowing, while stroke endings taper sharply, giving the outlines a crisp, drawn quality. Spacing feels light and open, and the figures follow the same cursive rhythm with simple, continuous strokes.
Well-suited for wedding and event invitations, beauty or fashion branding, packaging accents, and short display lines such as headlines or pull quotes. It’s most effective where its swashes and tall rhythm can be appreciated, and less suited to dense, long-form text.
The overall tone is refined and intimate, with a handwritten elegance that reads as personal and expressive rather than formal or mechanical. Its sweeping capitals and delicate linework evoke a boutique, romantic feel suited to stylish presentation.
Designed to capture the look of quick, fluent penmanship with a polished, calligraphic finish. The emphasis on narrow, tall forms and expressive capitals suggests an intention to provide a graceful signature-like script for display and branding contexts.
Capitals are especially decorative and can dominate a line, creating a strong initial-letter moment. The combination of narrow proportions and delicate strokes suggests it will look best when given room to breathe, rather than being tightly tracked or set at very small sizes.