Matthew Butterick


Matthew Coffin Butterick is an American typographer, lawyer, writer, and computer programmer. He received the 2012 Golden Pen Award from the Legal Writing Institute for his book Typography for Lawyers, which started as a website in 2008 based on his experience as a practicing attorney. He has worked for The Font Bureau and founded his own website design company, Atomic Vision. Expanding Typography for Lawyers, Butterick published Practical Typography as a "web-based book" in July 2013.
Butterick graduated with a BA in visual and environmental studies from Harvard University. He later earned a JD at the University of California, Los Angeles and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2007.

Typefaces

Butterick's typeface designs include:

For Font Bureau