Matthew Coffin Butterick (born November 15, 1970)[1][4] is an American typographer, lawyer, writer, and computer programmer.

He received the 2012 Golden Pen Award from the Legal Writing Institute for his book Typography for Lawyers,[5] which started as a website in 2008[6] based on his experience as a practicing attorney.

[7] He has worked for The Font Bureau and founded his own website design company, Atomic Vision (purchased by Red Hat in 1999).

[9] Butterick graduated with a BA in visual and environmental studies from Harvard University.

[10] As of November 2023, Butterick is serving as co-counsel in multiple class action lawsuits against AI companies GitHub Copilot, Stable Diffusion, Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt.