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Hiragino

Hiragino (Japanese: ヒラギノ) is a typeface family designed by Jiyukobo Ltd.

About Hiragino

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. It is one of the built-in fonts in most Apple operating systems like macOS 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 Hiragino (柊野) area in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

From the Wikipedia article “Hiragino”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Using Hiragino in a book

Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.

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