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Akira Kobayashi (小林 章, born 1960) is a Japanese font designer living in Germany. As type director for Monotype, he oversees typeface design and reprints of classic typefaces such as Optima. He has also served as a judge in several international typeface contests. He previously worked at (Shaken), and later designed the European characters for Hiragino Mincho and AXIS Font. He is a leading person in designing Western typefaces in Japan, and has co-developed fonts with Hermann Zapf and Adrian Frutiger. Kobayashi grew up in Japan and has written a Japanese-language book about Western fonts, titled "西文字体" ("Western font").

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  • Akira Kobayashi (小林 章, born 1960) is a Japanese font designer living in Germany. As type director for Monotype, he oversees typeface design and reprints of classic typefaces such as Optima. He has also served as a judge in several international typeface contests. He previously worked at (Shaken), and later designed the European characters for Hiragino Mincho and AXIS Font. He is a leading person in designing Western typefaces in Japan, and has co-developed fonts with Hermann Zapf and Adrian Frutiger. Kobayashi grew up in Japan and has written a Japanese-language book about Western fonts, titled "西文字体" ("Western font"). His work has been profiled in Communication Arts magazine, Print Magazine featured him in an interview, as did Sony Design. (en)
  • 小林 章(こばやし あきら、1960年 - )は、書体デザイナーである。のタイプディレクターとして、書体設計の指揮や、Optimaなど名作書体の改刻を手掛けている。複数の国際的なタイプフェイス・コンテストの審査員も務める。写研出身で、のちにヒラギノ明朝やAXIS Fontの欧文を設計した。日本における欧文書体設計の第一人者である。 (ja)
  • 小林章(1960年-)是日本一位著名的字体设计师。最初在日本照相排版業一大公司「写研」工作,之后设计了Hiragino(ヒラギノ)明朝、的西文部分,在日本被誉为西文字体第一人。现任Linotype公司的字体总监,进行字体设计的指挥策划,进行了Optima等著名字体的改刻。常被聘为国际各种字体设计大赛的评委。 (zh)
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  • 小林 章(こばやし あきら、1960年 - )は、書体デザイナーである。のタイプディレクターとして、書体設計の指揮や、Optimaなど名作書体の改刻を手掛けている。複数の国際的なタイプフェイス・コンテストの審査員も務める。写研出身で、のちにヒラギノ明朝やAXIS Fontの欧文を設計した。日本における欧文書体設計の第一人者である。 (ja)
  • 小林章(1960年-)是日本一位著名的字体设计师。最初在日本照相排版業一大公司「写研」工作,之后设计了Hiragino(ヒラギノ)明朝、的西文部分,在日本被誉为西文字体第一人。现任Linotype公司的字体总监,进行字体设计的指挥策划,进行了Optima等著名字体的改刻。常被聘为国际各种字体设计大赛的评委。 (zh)
  • Akira Kobayashi (小林 章, born 1960) is a Japanese font designer living in Germany. As type director for Monotype, he oversees typeface design and reprints of classic typefaces such as Optima. He has also served as a judge in several international typeface contests. He previously worked at (Shaken), and later designed the European characters for Hiragino Mincho and AXIS Font. He is a leading person in designing Western typefaces in Japan, and has co-developed fonts with Hermann Zapf and Adrian Frutiger. Kobayashi grew up in Japan and has written a Japanese-language book about Western fonts, titled "西文字体" ("Western font"). (en)
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  • Akira Kobayashi (typographer) (en)
  • 小林章 (ja)
  • 小林章 (zh)
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