Script Ihlid 14 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, headlines, invitations, posters, vintage, playful, elegant, confident, warm, expressiveness, signature feel, decorative impact, classic charm, swashy, looped, rounded, connected, calligraphic.
A flowing, right-leaning script with connected lowercase and generous entry/exit strokes that create a continuous rhythm across words. Strokes appear brush-like with rounded terminals, moderate modulation, and frequent looped forms and swash-like capitals. Letterforms are compact in width with a relatively low x-height and prominent ascenders/descenders, giving lines a lively, bouncing silhouette. Counters are mostly closed and oval, and joins are smooth, producing a cohesive, handwritten texture at display sizes.
This font is well suited for branding marks, packaging accents, menus, invitations, and short headlines where a handcrafted script look is desirable. It performs best at medium-to-large sizes in titles, quotes, and pull-phrases, and is less appropriate for dense body text where the connected strokes and decorative capitals may reduce readability.
The overall tone is friendly and expressive with a polished, vintage-leaning charm. Its looping capitals and smooth connective strokes feel celebratory and personable, balancing formality with a casual, upbeat energy.
The design appears intended to evoke a refined handwritten signature style with strong motion and continuity, using swashier capitals and smooth connections to add personality and emphasis. It aims to provide an expressive display script that feels both classic and approachable.
Capitals show the strongest personality, with pronounced flourishes and curved spines that can become dominant in tight settings. Numerals follow the same slanted, cursive logic and read best when given a bit of spacing and size to preserve their internal shapes.