Miguel Angel Contreras Cruz

// Designer & Developer

01 // Profile

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and Master's candidate in Advertising Design and Animation. Over 8 years of experience in visual identity combined with 3 years in frontend development. Focuses on typographic engineering, brand development, and high-performance web platforms. Currently works as a web and application developer at Interdesk.ws. Concurrently collaborates as a type designer at Tortilla.studio and is co-founder at Portal de Inicio agency.

02 // Experience

Co-founder & Lead Developer

[2023—Present]

Portal de Inicio

Designs and builds web solutions balancing high performance (web performance), accessibility, typographic fidelity, and full CMS autonomy for clients.

Web Developer

[2024—Present]

Interdesk

Drives frontend development and maintenance of web platforms, mobile apps, and optimized sites delivering seamless, high-performance UI/UX.

Designer & Developer

[2023—Present]

Tortilla Studio

Builds specialized tools for font production, mastering, Python scripting, and workflow automation in type production.

Typeface Developer

[2024—2024]

Cultivo Studio

Provided technical consulting on identity projects, logo design and engineering, and comprehensive type production support.

Font Production

[2021—2022]

And Repeat INC (California, USA)

Executed drawing and character set completion, ensuring stylistic and formal consistency for commercial typeface families.

03 // Education

Master in Advertising Design and Animation

[In progress]

Universidad Tolteca de México

Latin Two / Expansion

[Remote, 2025]

Practica Program (Full Scholarship Recipient)

Web Development & Code Specialization

[Remote, 2022-2024]

WordPress, Python, React, JavaScript & web development

Principles Of Typeface Design: Display Type

[Remote, 2021]

Type@Cooper (Full Scholarship Recipient)

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

[2012-2019]

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)

International Studies / Exchange (Art History)

[2016]

Universitat de València

04 // Skills & Languages

Branding & Logo Design/Type Design & Font Production/Web & Frontend Development/Advertising Design & Art Direction/Astro, React & JavaScript/Python Scripting & Font Automation/Web Performance & Accessibility/Git & CI/CD Workflows

Spanish[Native]

English[Advanced]

05 // Awards & Exhibitions

Accelerator Program

[2022]

Women Build Web3 x Encode Club (Interplanetary Fonts Project)

Global Finalist

[2022]

ETHGlobal ETHOnline (Interplanetary Fonts Project)

Full Scholarship

[2021]

Type@Cooper: Principles Of Typeface Design

Full Scholarship

[2021]

Peter Nowell: Python Scripting for Type Design

Full Scholarship

[2025]

Latin Two / Expansion Program, Practica Program

First Place Ex Aequo

[2021]

OLIVETTI DESIGN CONTEST

Bienal Tipos Latinos 2016

[2016]

Cotorra Typeface