Hiragino (Japanese: ヒラギノ) is a typeface family designed by Jiyukobo Ltd. sold by Screen Graphics Solutions Co., Ltd. (part of Screen Holdings, formally Dainippon Screen Mfg.) to professionals since 1993.[1][2] It is one of the built-in fonts in macOS[3][4] and iOS. This series includes not only Japanese Mincho (serif), Kaku Gothic (sans-serif), Maru Gothic (round sans-serif), semi-cursive script and kana typefaces, but also a sans-serif typeface for Simplified Chinese.
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| Designer(s) | Jiyukobo Ltd. |
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| Date released | 1993 |
| Also known as | ヒラギノ |
| Website | www |
The typeface family is named after the Hiragino (柊野) area in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Jiyukobo
editJiyukobo Ltd. is a corporation founded by type designers Tsutomu Suzuki, Osamu Torinoumi, and Keiichi Katada, who formerly worked for the phototypesetting corporation Shaken (写研), in Tokyo in 1989. Suzuki served as the president, but after his death in 1998, Torinoumi took his place.
References
edit- ^ "About Hiragino". SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "これまでの歩み". JIYUKOBO Ltd. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Mac OS X to Ship with Highest-Quality Japanese Fonts and Expanded Character Set". Apple Inc. February 16, 2000. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Fonts included with macOS Sierra". Apple Support. Apple Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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