Maria Montes
Maria Montes is a freelance designer and educator passionate about illustration and letterforms.
Her practice is set by the principals of constant learning, sharing and educating about the creative process.
In 2011 she studied a Postgraduate Course in Advanced Typography in Barcelona, and in 2012 a Typeface Design Condensed Program at Cooper Union in New York City.
Nowadays, Maria splits her time between Melbourne and Barcelona working on illustration commissions, lettering projects and calligraphic personal development. She is currently teaching calligraphy workshops in Australia.
![Name "Alphabettes" transcribed into Nüshu's most common dialects phonemes, read from right to left: [ew] [lou] [fa] [ba] [tu] [su]](http://www.alphabettes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Alphabettes-Nushu-Header.jpg)