Banana
Typothèque Bye Bye Binary · Clara Bougon
A skeletal stroke font drawn using Metapost and designed for use with plotters and laser cutters, featuring around a hundred post-binary ligatures.
About
Designed by Clara Bougon for her typography diploma at La Cambre, Banana was developed through workshops with Open Source Publishing using Metapost, a vector drawing tool that works from skeletal paths. Its simple, rounded lines reference handwriting and are suited to pen plotters and laser cutters. The typeface includes approximately a hundred post-binary ligatures, reflecting the foundry's focus on non-binary typographic expression.
Classification
A stroke font drawn as skeletal paths rather than closed outlines, optimised for plotters and laser cutters. Its rounded, flowing forms and post-binary ligatures place it firmly in the display category.