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Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").
Creative Type Director Akira Kobayashi has nearly four decades of experience and an extensive background in Japanese typeface design and is a 2022 TDC Medal and Keinosuke Sato Award winner.
Jul 27, 2011 · Learn about Akira Kobayashi's career, influences, and projects as a type director and designer at Linotype. Read his interview and review of his original sans serif typefaces Akko Pro and Akko Pro Rounded.
Oct 25, 2022 · Learn about Akira Kobayashi, the creative type director at Monotype and the recipient of the TDC Medal 2022, the highest honor in typography. Discover his achievements, influences, and insights in a web project by Readymag.
Learn about Akira Kobayashi's journey from self-taught lettering to Western type design, and his achievements as a Creative Type Director at Monotype. Discover his influences, projects, and books on typography and the Latin alphabet.
Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").
Akira Kobayashi After working for Sha-Ken, Jiyu-Kobo, and TypeBank, he recently relocated from Tokyo to Germany to take over managing the typeface development group of Linotype Library GmbH. He now lives in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt am Main, with his wife and two sons.
