Typeface Design for Tomasa

Four structural variants per letter, drawn from graffiti logic

Tomasa is a typeface by Fer Cozzi rooted in urban sounds and visuals. Each glyph is individually explored as an interpretation of city-landscape artifacts, evoking the peculiarities of graffiti and tags. The family provides four structural variants per letter, representing the diversity, dynamics, and rhythms of hip-hop. Its name is a tribute to Chilean singer Tomasa del Real and the neoperreo dance movement.

Set in Tomasa

Insights

Offering four structural variants for every letter embeds the diversity and rhythmic character of hip-hop directly into the type system.
Graffiti and tag letterforms are treated as formal references at the glyph level, not merely as surface aesthetic.