Hiragino () is a

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family designed by JIYUKOBO Ltd. and is sold by SCREEN Graphics Solutions Co., Ltd. (part of SCREEN Holdings, formally

Dainippon Screen is a Japanese semiconductor and electronics company, headquartered in Kyoto, engaged in the manufacture and sale of equipment for the manufacturing of semiconductors, flat panel displays, storage media (such as optical discs) and precision techn ...

Mfg.) to professionals since 1993. It is one of the built-in fonts in

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and

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. This series includes not only Japanese Mincho (

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), Kaku Gothic (

sans-serif In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. Sans-serif typefaces tend to have less stroke width variation than seri ...

), Maru Gothic (round sans-serif),

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and

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typefaces, but also a sans-serif typeface for

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. The typeface family is named after the place name Hiragino () in

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, Japan.

JIYUKOBO

JIYUKOBO Ltd. is a corporation founded by

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s Tsutomu Suzuki, Osamu Torinoumi, and Keiichi Katada, who formerly worked for the

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corporation Shaken (), in

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in 1989. Suzuki served as the president, but after his death in 1998, Torinoumi took his place.

References

External links

Screen's Hiragino website
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