PicNic
Typothèque Bye Bye Binary · Mariel Nils
An organic display typeface by Mariel Nils, shaped by natural forms and loaded with contextual ligatures designed to support gender-inclusive French typography.
About
PicNic draws its forms from the path of a water droplet on oilcloth, leaf shadows on a picnic blanket and an ant's meandering trail to a melon slice. Its contextual ligature system includes inclusive ligatures to accommodate the typographic conventions of gender-neutral French, such as the median dot construction. Originally distributed through Velvetyne and NoFoundry, the typeface suits poetic, bucolic editorial work.
Classification
An organic, hand-influenced display typeface with contextual and inclusive ligatures. Its irregular, flowing forms resist conventional classification and sit firmly in the display category.