Sol Matas
Guest Lecturer at Various
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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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 (28)
apl10
opentype10
fonts10
font-size10
variable-fonts10
woff10
hebrew10
truetype10
google-fonts10
phonetics8
quality-assurance8
command-line-tool6
ufo6
font-family5
latin5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
solmatas/BitterPro
Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
Opensource Font by Sol Matas
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 9 months
aplgoogle-fontsfont-sizehebrewfont
solmatas/Bitter
Nov 2016 - May 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 5 comments in 3 years 7 months
solfont
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