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Maria Montes

Maria Montes is an independent lettering designer specialised in branding assets, typography and calligraphy education.Montes’ creative practice is set by the principals of never stop learning, sharing knowledge and create emotion through her work. Her multidisciplinary practice expands across brand identity, packaging illustration, custom lettering, editorial, fashion, art and culture. She has been teaching calligraphy independently since 2014. Maria studied a Postgraduate Course in Advanced Typography in Barcelona and a Condensed Program in Typeface Design at Type@Cooper in NYC. In 2018 she released her first display chromatic font family called Green Fairy.