Avril
From a single display weight to a five-style family
Avril is a script typeface by Laurene Girbal, loosely inspired by Jean Joveneaux's 1950s French sign-painting reference "La lettre dans la peinture et la publicité." It features semi-connected letterforms, low contrast, and loopy curves intended to evoke fluid, unbroken handwriting. Originally a single-weight display face, it expanded into five styles — thin to bold — released in 2023, with exports including a variable file, supporting Latin European languages.
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- The design originated as a single display weight before expanding to five styles spanning thin to bold.
- Lighter weights are described as suited to longer paragraphs, extending beyond the original display-only intent.
- Low contrast was a deliberate choice to reinforce the impression of dynamic, unbroken handwriting.
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