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✨ Subletting my desk in Berlin ✨

Available from November 15th,
ideally for 12 months. I may also consider a
shorter rental period depending on your needs.

💶 €231.56/month ( VAT and all services included)
Sunny room with windows on both sides ☀️ — especially nice during the Berlin winter.
Shared with a small group of creative people in a quiet working atmosphere.

📍 Kreuzberg, with easy access to U1/U3 and U8.

DM me if you’re interested or know someone who might be!

✨ Ich vermiete meinen Schreibtisch in Berlin ✨

Verfügbar ab 15. November, idealerweise für 12 Monate. Eine kürzere Mietdauer ist nach Absprache eventuell auch möglich.

💶 231,56 €/Monat (MwSt. und alle Nebenkosten inklusive)

☀️ Helles Zimmer mit Fenstern auf beiden Seiten – besonders schön im Berliner Winter.
Geteilt mit einer kleinen Gruppe kreativer Menschen in ruhiger Arbeitsatmosphäre.
Besprechungsraum & Gemeinschaftsküche vorhanden.

📍 Kreuzberg, mit guter Anbindung an U1/U3 und U8.

Schreib mir gerne, wenn du Interesse hast oder jemanden kennst! by @solmatas

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17 days ago

This month, three books landed on my desk within a few weeks of each other, and I ended up in all three.

Alphabettes Soup: Feminist Approaches to Type just came out to mark @alphabettes_org’s 10th birthday, edited by @amypapaelias and published by @bikini.books. I have a piece in it about Alphacrit, and about how organizing those sessions with @nicoledotin as part of @alphabettes_org eventually led us to found @practicatype. Reading it back next to the other 54 pieces in the book made me realize how much of what I do started as a conversation with one person before it became a program.

The book features copy and line editing by Caren Litherland, coordination by @paimnina, and design by @terezabettinardi.

Slanted #47—Digital Tools is also out, with an interview Lars Harmsen of @slanted_publishers did with @ameacute and me about @glyphsapp, called “Glyphs and the evolving practice of multiscript and variable type design.” @mariannapaszkowska and @azalam add their own perspectives in the same issue, so it ends up being less about one tool and more about how differently we all use it.

And then there’s the third edition of @yuuuuuuuuulia’s How Many Female Type Designers Do You Know? — I Know Many and Talked to Some!, published by @setmargins. I already had a copy, but Yulia made some adjustments for this edition. Thank you, Yulia, for sending me the new version—and for making the work of women in type more visible.

Three books, one month, and somehow all three are about the same thing from different angles: who gets to be in the room, what tools do to the way we think, and what happens when you keep talking to the same people long enough that you end up building something together. by @solmatas

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4 months ago

Extended deadline for the D&AD Awards ✨ @d_and_ad

I’m honored to be part of this year’s Typography jury, alongside an incredible group of designers and thinkers.

Looking forward to seeing the work that comes in — the ideas, the details, the care behind each project.

If you’ve been thinking about submitting, this might be your moment. by @solmatas

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7 months ago

Volvemos para primer evento del 2026 con una invitada maravillosa: @solmatas

Sol diseña tipografías desde su estudio en Berlín y codirige Practica Program, una formación en diseño tipográfico. Para ella, hacer tipografías es una forma de conectar con diferentes culturas. Especializada en diseño multiescritura (latino, griego, cirílico, devanagari, odia), ha colaborado en proyectos comisionados por Google Fonts y comparte su experiencia a través de la docencia.

Actualmente está escribiendo un libro sobre diseño tipográfico, una reflexión personal sobre cómo las letras moldean nuestra forma de leer y mirar el mundo.

Nos presentará “La ciudad escrita. Tipografía, arquitectura y memoria urbana”

Un capítulo de su libro que propone leer la ciudad a través de sus letras. Con recorridos personales y ejemplos de ciudades como Berlín, Buzludzha, Lisboa o Buenos Aires, explora cómo la tipografía urbana revela capas de historia, ideología y memoria colectiva.

Nos vemos en @polillalibreria taken in Polilla Librería by @solmatas

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9 months ago

Experience Latin One — free.

Join us for a live preview lecture of our upcoming course Latin One: Mechanics.
In this session, @solmatas and @nicoledotin will share how a type design workflow actually unfolds — what happens when, and why — from first sketches to final font generation.

We’ll focus on working smarter:
spending more time on the fun parts (the design!) and less time fixing problems created by an inefficient process.

Everything we’ll share comes from years of practice — designing type, teaching it, and learning through real projects.

🗓 Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026
⏰ 10:30 am Central
💻 Live & online

👉 Register via the link in bio by @solmatas

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Just another summer day. Berlin, you’re something else. by @solmatas

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a year ago

We were honored to review exciting new type during a feedback session we hosted at the ATypI conference last week. Thanks to everyone who showed work!

You can see snippets of type from @spillingtype , @dfl_working and Dominika Federowicz. ❤️

#atypi #typedesign #typecrit taken in Copenhagen,Demark by @solmatas

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a year ago

Sol Matas will organise a Type Crits at ATypI Copenhagen, April 22–26, 2025. Venue is the Royal Danish Academy. Join us! 🇩🇰 ⁠
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https://atypi.org/conferences-events/atypi-copenhagen-2025/⁠
We can’t wait to see you there!⁠
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#ATypICopenhagen #ATypI2025⁠
#typefaces #typedesign #typography #graphicdesign #calligraphy #lettering #designeducation #techtalks #conference #Copenhagen #atypicreativeteam #typecrits #consultation #portfolio by @solmatas

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2 years ago

Welcome to the captivating world of type design with @glyphsapp at the Berlin Letters Festival 2024! This workshop is taught by Sol Matas @solmatas and it’s designed for designers and typography enthusiasts of all levels. No prior experience in type design is necessary, but a bit of Bézier vector drawing (e.g., in Adobe apps like Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) can add to the fun.⁣
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What You’ll Learn: In this one-day session, dive into the type design process, gaining essential technical knowledge to kickstart your own font. By the end, you’ll have a font in progress and the skills to continue refining it on your own.⁣
Schedule: • Sketching: Hand-sketch three letters, unleashing your artistic flair and setting the foundation for your unique typeface. • Basics of drawing: Master the art of drawing paths with precision. Learn the secrets of proportions and optical adjustments in type. • Digitizing and adding diacritical marks. • Spacing and kerning: Grasp the nuances of spacing and kerning, understanding the crucial differences between them. • Generating the font and testing it in Adobe apps.⁣
Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a budding enthusiast, secure your spot for a day of creativity, learning, and forging connections. Let’s create, design, and make letters dance together!⁣
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More Glyphs workshops: Glyphs workshop no. 2: Variable Font Production in Glyphs Glyphs workshop no. 3: Reuse Shapes Like a Boss in Glyphs⁣
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Glyphs Workshop no. 1 ⁣
Friday, 5. July 2024 10:00 Duration: 6 hrs  Language: English  Bring your own MacBook with full or trial version of Glyphs 3 already installed  Participants: min 5, max 16⁣ taken in silent green by @solmatas

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