BIANZHIDAI
Not Your Type · Xiaoyuan Gao · 2023
A modular display typeface by Xiaoyuan Gao drawing on ASCII art shading characters and the woven plastic bags known in Chinese as 编织袋, available in 27 styles across three subfamilies including COLR font variants.
About
Originally constructed in GLYPHDRAWING.CLUB and refined into a modular system, the typeface translates the texture of woven polypropylene bags and ASCII shading into letterforms across ten named style variants per main subfamily. The COLR subfamily adds colour-layer configurations including RGB, Grid and multi-layer separations for layered colour output. Co-distributed with Velvetyne Type Foundry and available under a conditional free licence for personal, educational and small commercial use.
Classification
A modular typeface built from ASCII art shading characters and woven bag textures, producing highly decorative, patterned letterforms that sit firmly in the display category with no conventional typographic classification applicable.