My Avril Font Review
When it comes to legibility, this week’s font recommendation might be a bit challenging. But that’s also where its incroyable charm lies. Avril is a gorgeous script font with its roots in French sign painting, ideal for large, expressive text, logos, posters or attention grabbing headlines.
Avril’s flowing curves, especially in the upper case letters, remind me of neon signs. Like with the expressive capital “S” or the meandering “E”, but also with or the unusually splayed lower case “f”. To balance it, the typeface shows rigid top serifs and horizontal bars.
These serifs and horizontal lines also give it a clear flow, connecting adjacent letters, often without actually connecting them. This creates a somehow mechanical impression, where the occasional ligatures almost come as a pleasant surprise, like a little treat to your eyes.
I recommend Avril for larger and short text. However, it still might work for a little intro, one paragraph, where it is reminding you of eccentric handwriting, without being as posh as a roundhand script.
Font Pairings for Avril
Locating Avril on the Font Matrix does not make a lot of sense, since it is so unusual. You can see that it is a linear typeface, and since it already is quite expressive, I recommend pairing it with something like a rational sans-serif, like Oldschool Grotesk. But also the soft serif font Domine would make a good match.
- Headings
Learn more about pairing typefaces using the Font Matrix.
Did you fall in love with Avril too? Tell me in the comments!
Absolutely in love with Aril Oliver! On the list of my fav this year, so far so fun
Every weight especially, Thin has its charm. How the letters are shaped is just a miracle.
Snakey g, schoolwork s, hieroglyph f, spaceship D, sweety a, manic c, friendly w… Thanks for the delight, I look forward to March 19th Live
No emojis this week ’cause my keyboard went crazy!
“Snakey g, schoolwork s, hieroglyph f, spaceship D …“ LOOOOVE it! Looking forward to seining you in the stream, Jana ☺️.
The T, g, and z (and maybe E and Z) look inconsistent the rest of the font. The s looks like it is supposed to connect with preceding letters but doesn’t. Without the ligature, the Th combination just looks wrong. But for the most part, it does look “playful.”