This time we would like to present the development of a Technology Platform for Indigenous Languages of Latin America.
Multilingüe—a free and open virtual event whose second edition was launched in 2025—has been a key inspiration. Organized collaboratively, it brought together Indigenous communities, linguists, designers, editors, activists, and researchers to foster the revitalization of Latin America’s native languages through design and technology. That edition featured conversations on Mixe, Kichwa, Chatino, Embera Katío, among others, with participants from six countries, simultaneous interpretation, and over 350 attendees. It also created a professional network and a public YouTube repository: youtube.com/@MultilingueMX.
Despite existing typefaces and keyboards, most Indigenous languages lack reliable distribution platforms, limiting access for speakers, educators, and designers. We aim to change this by developing a centralized website to map and distribute fonts and keyboards, publish at least ten culturally contextualized typefaces, and support sustainable use through a digital catalog of free and linked resources.
Dafne Martínez was born in Mexico City. She studied graphic design with a focus on journalistic design in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and typographic design at the Gestalt Center for Design Studies at Veracruz, Mexico. For the past ten years, she has worked as an editorial designer for print media and advertising. She has been a member of the Mexican Society of Calligraphers and Illuminators since 2011 and cofounded Tipastype, a space created to promote women’s work in the typographic field in Latin America, and a typeface-design studio. She has given talks and workshops on typography at various institutions throughout Mexico. ダフネ・マルティネスはメキシコシティ生まれ。メキシコ国立自治大学の芸術デザイン学部でグラフィックデザインと新聞・雑誌デザインを、メキシコのゲシュタルトデザインセンター大学でタイポグラフィデザインを学ぶ。過去10年にわたり書籍や広告のデザインを手がける。2011年よりメキシコカリグラフィー・装飾協会のメンバーで、南米でタイポグラフィの分野で活動する女性を推進するスペースかつ書体デザインスタジオであるティパスタイプの創設者。メキシコの様々な団体でタイポグラフィについての講演やワークショップを催している。
Sandra García received a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the Universidad del Área Andina, Columbia, an architecture degree from the Academia Superior de Artes, Columbia, and a master’s degree in typographic design from the Gestalt Center for Design Studies at Veracruz, Mexico. She has lived in Mexico for five years and has been a graphic designer for thirteen years, ten of which she spent teaching in the areas of editorial design and typographic design. García has taught at the Pascual Bravo University Institution, the Universidad del Área Andina, and the University of Communication in Mexico. She has lectured throughout Mexico and Latin America on typography. サンドラ・ガルシアはコロンビアのアンディーナ地域大学のグラフィックデザイン科卒、コロンビアのメデリン高等芸術大学の建築科卒、メキシコのゲシュタルトデザインセンター大学のタイポグラフィ・デザイン修士課程修了。5年前からメキシコを拠点としている。過去13年グラフィックデザイナーとして活動しており、そのうちの10年間は編集デザインやタイポグラフィ・デザインも教えている。コロンビアのパスクアル・ブラボー大学、アンディーナ地域大学、メキシコのコミュニケーション大学など、メキシコや南米の様々な学校でタイポグラフィを教えている。
Dafne Martinez