Author's note

Picadilly Bizarre, credited to George Williams, is a free distorted retro display font built from stark geometric forms. Tall vertical strokes meet broad circular shapes, with diagonal slices breaking the letters into offset sections. The effect is crisp and deliberately disjointed.

Packaging can use its cut-paper geometry for experimental cosmetics, record releases, or fashion labels with an art-school edge. In publishing, it is especially apt for magazine cover lines and culture-section openers, where the fractured construction can echo collage, photomontage, and sharply cropped photography.

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Picadilly Bizarre font character map

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Picadilly Bizarre font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Picadilly Bizarre font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
The splines of this font are copyright © 1988 by George Williams.
Font family
Picadilly
Font subfamily
Bizarre
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.4 Picadilly Bizarre
Full font name
Picadilly Bizarre
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.4 5/13/98
Postscript font name
PicadillyBizarre

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-05-14
Revision1
Glyph count72
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureNegative
PitchNot monospaced