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Fermello [Fernando de Mello Vargas]

Graphic designer and illustrator Fernando de Mello Vargas (or: Fermello, or just, Fernando Mello) is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is the designer (with Vicente Gil Filho) of the text typeface Mello Sans (2006). He graduated in 2007 from the University of Reading. His typeface at Reading is the joint Latin/Tamil family Frida. Frida Text won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008 for extensive text family. It also won an award at Tokyo TDC 2008. Fernando Mello joined Fontsmith in the summer of 2008: His background in multiple visual areas-namely architecture, typography, graphic design and illustration - influences his search for creating innovative and original, yet functional and well-constructed typefaces.

Fernando designed Adobe Tamil in 2012.

At Fontsmith, he and Jason Smith released FS Joey (an organic sans family) and FS Jack (a confident sans family that was awarded at Tipos Latinos 2010).

In 2008, he co-designed FS Silas Sans with Jason Smith, Bela Frank and Phil Garnham).

In 2011, he designed the FS Pimlico family at Fontsmith. FS Pimlico won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012.

In 2012, Jason Smith and Fernando Mello co-designed the sans typeface family FS Truman at Fontsmith. Still at Fontsmith, he published the 4-style text typeface FS Brabo in 2015---it is named after Brabo in Antwerp, where he was inspired by the Plantin Moretus museum and the garalde styles (Bembo, Garamond, Plantin). FS Brabo won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

FS Untitled (2016, Jason Smith and Fernando Mello) was developed for screens.

In 2017, he designed the incisive sans typeface FS Irwin that was inspired by New York City. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for FS Irwin.

In 2018, FS Industrie (with Phil Garnham) was released by Fontsmith. FS Industrie is a 70-style techno / mechanical sans family.

Codesigner with Jason Smith of FS Split Sans and FS Split Serif (2019). FS Split has a variable type option.

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