Jan Charvát studied graphical application programming at Czech Technical University in Prague. After finishing school, he went freelance and also worked as an evening news graphic operator for 10 years. He then moved to Germany and worked for Monotype as a font engineer, specialized in scripting and large family production with a focus on diacritics. Now, he's back in Prague freelancing and teaching type theory and graphic design at two major higher education institutions. His current hobbies include web coding and web design.