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Escaphandro (or: Rafael Cervi Barrozo) [Rafael Nascimento]

Rafael Nascimento (b. 1977) is a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based graphic designer whose fonts are mostly free. FontStructor who made these modular display typefaces in 2014: Wim Gestreept (an octagonal typeface inspired by Wim Crouwel's work), Sao Paulo (pixacao emulation), Pixel Spaceships, Chippanze (+LoRes, +DotMatrix), Kamada, Illusion (op-art based on the work of visual artist Martijn Sandberg), De Lorean, Pulse (pixel face), De Stijl, Soundwave (experimental), Ninja Gaiden, Pony PX, Act1, Platypus, Geo Geo, Expressionista, Soundwave Round, Video, Geo Libre (a tangram font).

Typefaces from 2019: the dot matrix typeface Ghouls (attributed to Rafael Cervi Barrozo).

Typefaces from 2020:

• Geo (a free kitchen tile or stencil font based on retro record covers).
• Choripan. A revival typeface based on the classic round font Frankfurter (1970, Bob Newman at Letraset).
• The free brutalist typeface Blknd (made with FontStruct).
• The free sports lettering font Wim Pro.
• The graffiti font SP011.
• Refuse. A revolutionary or military stencil font. Free download.
• Sumano. Squarish, tribal, and experimental. Free download.
• Volume Dealers. A free bold art deco font This typeface that references the photo typeface Black Body (Peter Steiner, 1973) and the classic lettering of the album Vol 4 by Black Sabbath.
• Swiss Grit. A free grungy typeface in the destructionist style of Brody and Carson.

Typefaces from 2021: Volume Round (Volume Round takes its cousin Volume Dealer structure to a retro-weird leve; it too is inspired by late 1960s photo typesetting designs, and in particular the works of Peter Steiner, adding a little sci-fi flair to the details).

Typefaces from 2022: Ghosts (a 4-style experimental geometric display font), CMYK (an experimental textured typeface).

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EXTERNAL LINKS
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INTERNAL LINKS
FontStruct fonts ⦿ Pixel/bitmap fonts ⦿ De Stijl and type design ⦿ Op-art Typefaces ⦿ The Brazilian type scene ⦿ Graffiti fonts ⦿ Tangram typefaces ⦿ Octagonal typefaces ⦿ Brutalist typefaces ⦿ Athletic lettering faces ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ Experimental type ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Geometric solid typefaces ⦿ Textured typefaces ⦿