
A typeface built for the visual language of competitive gaming
Shader is a Latin sans-serif typeface designed by Rafael Saraiva at Dalton Maag in 2021, built around an esports and gaming aesthetic. It operates across two registers: screen-legible at text sizes and expressive in display use. The family ships as two variable fonts—Solid and Inline—each with an extensive Weight axis.
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