Hiragino

Hiragino

Hiragino

Typeface family

Hiragino (ヒラギノ) is a typeface family designed by Jiyukobo Limited. and is 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.

Quick Facts Designer(s), Also known as ...

The typeface family is named after the place name Hiragino (柊野) in Kyoto, Japan.

Jiyukobo

Jiyukobo 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

  1. [1]
    "About Hiragino". SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  2. [2]
    "これまでの歩み". JIYUKOBO Ltd. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  3. [3]
    "Mac OS X to Ship with Highest-Quality Japanese Fonts and Expanded Character Set". Apple Inc. 2000-02-16. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  4. [4]
    "Fonts included with macOS Sierra". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
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