Sol Matas
Guest Lecturer at Practica Program
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolSol Matas is a Berlin-based type designer, font production specialist, educator, and founder with over a decade of experience designing and producing multi-script typefaces (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Odia) for Google Fonts, brands, and institutions. She co-directs Practica Program, an online type design school that has expanded from Latin to Devanagari courses, and frequently leads workshops and guest lectures at international conferences and universities. Her work has earned recognition from European Design Awards, Tipos Latinos, and the International Typography Congress, and she has served on the Type Directors Club board while organizing Latin America–focused events. Beyond teaching and practice, Sol translates technical documentation for Glyphs, contributes writing to Typographica, and founded the Hungry Type Society—reflecting a rare blend of hands-on production, cross-cultural script expertise, and community-building in the global type design scene.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Graphic Design with a major in illustration and advertising, High School Diploma, Graphic Design with a major in illustration and advertising at Escuela Técnica Fernando FaderBachelor's degree, Graphic Design, Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design at Universidad de Buenos AiresPostgraduate Degree, Typeface Design, 10, Postgraduate Degree, Typeface Design, 10 at University of Buenos Aires
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (22)
apl10
fonts10
google-font10
variable-fonts10
hebrew10
google-fonts10
phonetics8
quality-assurance7
devanagari7
command-line-tool7
ufo6
typeface6
font-family5
opentype5
interpretation4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
huertatipografica/Kadwa
Jan 2015 - Apr 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 comments, 2 issues in 10 years 4 months
devanagari
SUSE/suse-font
Jul 2024 - Apr 2026
Contributions:6 releases, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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