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| Designer(s) | Jiyukobo Limited |
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| Also known as | ヒラギノ |
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.
The typeface family is named after the place name Hiragino (柊野) in Kyoto, Japan.
- ^ "About Hiragino". SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ^ "これまでの歩み". JIYUKOBO Ltd. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ^ "Mac OS X to Ship with Highest-Quality Japanese Fonts and Expanded Character Set". Apple Inc. 2000-02-16. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ^ "Fonts included with macOS Sierra". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2017-09-12.