André Themoteo Alves Corrêa (Dr. Andréground) is a Typographer & Visual artist, from Rio de
Janeiro, with research in “Graphical Science” and “Uncommon Dimensions”, enthusiast of
Gestalt phenomena, Optical Illusions, Sacred Geometry and “Modern Hieroglyphs”. (b. 1986)
Despite starting the lettering experience by doing ‘graffiti’ since 15 years old, was previously
bound to typography and design since as a child when drawing on the computer, specifically
on MS-Paint was a favorite kidding beyond of Lego’s and cubes and even before “posters”
challenge on a typesetting software in the 90’s , with a coil printer was one of his family affairs.
Although instead of engaging on digital perpetration in sequence, turned to graffiti writing and
after studying typography on the Design college at ‘UniverCidade’ came into a turning-point in
live, presenting a maximum grade alphabet ‘Penrose Geometric’ in homage to “Impossible
Figures” and was encouraged to make a real Type-Face, then started his career as a type
designer in 2013…
From then on, he evolved artistically, deepening in Sacred Geometry and “Impossible”
archetypes, drinking from the fountain of artists like the Swedish Oscar Reutersvärd “father” of
“unlikely” figures in the same way as MC Escher and others like the mathematician Roger
Penrose which popularized this type of optical illusion…
Searching for a technical language and getting closer to a Sci-fi aesthetic, in 2015 the typefaces “Technical Signature” and “Technical Scripture” ended 2 relative fonts in the labyrinthine
genre, which still has to find perfection in a new reissue. In 2018, came the second edition of
‘Penrose Geometric’, called ‘Duo’, redesigned with the Alternates version…
Instead of a complete hiatus in the sequence on type production, 2019 bring a “game” of 6
new font families only created in test version, based on a geometric syntheses of squared
perpendicular and diagonals with surprisingly different and peculiar aesthetics, that’s the
novelty planned for 2020 and result of many technical learnings and studding’s at the expense
of self-taught developments…
In view of a under development fonts collection, despite of few releases, what links his type
projects, is to have in common geometric rhythms and genres, based on mechanical
modularity and calculation, or the ‘MMC Concept’, as upcoming types of miscellanea, in other
words, a mathematical style! Plus, also looking forward to more classic or traditional aesthetics
and go back to fundamentals.
Beside of the academic graduation was set aside in graphic design, due to many delays by an
overcome period of “problems” and hospitalizations, etc. Remains searching for
academic paths on certain subjects of studies, including the questioning of a scientific theory
about paradoxes of fourth-dimensional solids in relation to “impossible” mathematics…
Currently, stays dwelled as a hermit looking for succeed in typography and promote
exhibitions on the authorial Graphic Work, wondering to go beyond of the current
bidimensional geometer, learn to model sculpting then perhaps become a “self-made”
architect in addition of the image fields… Becoming aware of an holographic dream!
André Themoteo Alves Corrêa (Dr. Andréground) is a Typographer & Visual artist, from Rio de
Janeiro, with research in “Graphical Science” and “Uncommon Dimensions”, enthusiast of
Gestalt phenomena, Optical Illusions, Sacred Geometry and “Modern Hieroglyphs”. (b. 1986)
