Johan Mattsson
Programmerare at ID24
Uppsala, Sweden
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Top SchoolJohan Mattsson is a versatile programmer based in Uppsala, Sweden, with 14 years of experience building software across TypeScript, Vala, C, Java, JavaScript and Rust. He works professionally at ID24 while maintaining and evolving Birdfont, a well-known open-source font editor he’s contributed to since 2012. Johan favors Rust for its safety and performance but routinely applies the right tool for the job across diverse stacks, demonstrating practical polyglot fluency. Trained in Java programming and basic project management, he combines hands-on coding with an appreciation for coordinated delivery. His long-term stewardship of an open-source project shows a sustained commitment to community-driven software and cross-platform tooling.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (45)
vala10
xml-parser10
font-editor10
fonts10
ide10
svg10
geany9
font-family8
variable-fonts8
text-editor8
opentype7
text-rendering7
docker-desktop7
unicode7
typography7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
johanmattssonm/birdfont
May 2012 - Jan 2023
A font editor for creating fonts in TTF, EOT, SVG and BIRDFONT format.
Contributions:6 releases, 3415 commits, 18 PRs in 10 years 9 months
font-editorsvgttffontsotf
johanmattssonm/xmlbird
May 2015 - Jan 2022
XML parser for Vala and C programs.
Contributions:130 commits, 6 PRs, 84 pushes in 6 years 9 months
xml-parservala
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