Epicene is a new Baroque-inspired serif typeface collection from the Klim Type Foundry. Taking its name from Susan Sontag’s infamous essay, Notes On “Camp”, to be epicene means to lack gender distinction and to have aspects of both or neither. In applying this notion to a typographic context, Klim is calling out the tendency that codes modern, functional or ‘neutral’ visual forms as ‘masculine’, while equating anything ornate or decorative with ‘feminine’ traits.
Epicene’s campaign is a collaboration between Klim, Kelvin Soh (DDMMYY), Simon Oosterdijk and Paul Gerring (Sines and Cymbals).
