Hiragino () 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. It is one of the built-in fonts in 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 place name Hiragino () 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 (), in Tokyo in 1989. Suzuki served as the president, but after his death in 1998, Torinoumi took his place.

References

External links  
 Screen's Hiragino website

Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1993
1993 establishments in Japan
CJK typefaces