Sol Matas
Sol Matas is credited on five families in the library. The first was added in 2011 and the latest in 2024. By class: three sans serifs, two serifs. Three are variable fonts. The most frequent co-credit is Julieta Ulanovsky, on 3 families.
The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines
MontserratSans serif · 2011 · weights 100–900BitterSerif · 2011 · weights 100–900
Montserrat AlternatesSans serif · 2012 · weights 100–900 (9)
KadwaSerif · 2015 · weights 400–700 (2)
Montserrat UnderlineSans serif · 2024 · weights 100–900
Range of the work
The lowercase runs from Montserrat, the shortest at 526 units per 1,000 em, to Bitter at 532. In width, Bitter is the narrowest (533) and Montserrat Alternates the widest (588). Beyond Latin, the families cover four subsets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Devanagari, Vietnamese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, five of the five families with ascenders have a taller x-height, five of all five set a wider lowercase and one a darker one.
Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points
| Family | Class | x-height | Width | Ink | Weights | Subsets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitter | Serif | +50 | +20 | −2 pts | 100–900 + italic | 5 |
| Kadwa | Serif | +48 | +40 | +6 pts | 400–700 (2) | 2 |
| Montserrat Alternates | Sans serif | +7 | +66 | −8 pts | 100–900 (9) + italic | 5 |
| Montserrat | Sans serif | +7 | +52 | −7 pts | 100–900 + italic | 5 |
| Montserrat Underline | Sans serif | +7 | +52 | −2 pts | 100–900 + italic | 5 |