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Font Technology,
Multilingual Typography,
& the Craft of Letters

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Adam Twardoch serves as Director of Products at FontLab, the maker of the world's foremost professional font editing software. His expertise encompasses font technology, multilingual typography, variable fonts, Unicode, and the OpenType specification.

Based between Berlin and Warsaw, he has spent over two decades at the intersection of typography, technology, and international text processing, working to make the world's writing systems accessible in the digital age.

Biographical Particulars

Professional Positions

  • Director of Products, FontLab Ltd.
  • President, GUST (Polish TeX Users' Group), since 2020
  • Board Member, ATypI (2000–2016)

Areas of Expertise

  • Font Technology & Production
  • OpenType & Variable Fonts
  • Multilingual Typography
  • Unicode & Text Processing

Notable Achievements

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Emmy Award for Font Standardization

Recipient of the 73rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for contributions to font standards that advanced broadcast and streaming technologies.

MMXVI

Variable Font Innovation

Instrumental in the development of Zeitung Variable, the first commercially released variable OpenType font, marking a new chapter in digital typography.

Ongoing

The Lato Typeface

Co-designer, with Łukasz Dziedzic, of Lato—described as "the most popular independently-made font family in the world," now ubiquitous across the web.

Consultancy

Since 2001, Mr. Twardoch has provided consultation on font technology and multilingual typography to distinguished clients including:

Adobe · Google · Microsoft · Mozilla · Monotype · Underware

For inquiries regarding consulting engagements, kindly address correspondence to:

adam@twardoch.com

Additional Pursuits

Beyond the technical realm, Mr. Twardoch has lent his voice to various creative endeavors, including radio broadcasting at RadioJAZZ.fm in Poland and voice acting in the video game Metamorphosis (2020).

He regularly contributes to conferences and educational programs, sharing knowledge on typography, font production, and the intricacies of multilingual text rendering.

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Correspondence & Connexions

Berlin · Warsaw