{{retired.name}} fonts are being removed from Adobe Fonts on {{retired.retirement_date}}; {{message.actionLabel}}
Skip to main content
Search Home Browse all Recommendations Font packs Foundries About
Scanning your file for similar type
Scanning file — please wait

Yoshimichi Ohira 大平善道

Yoshimichi Ohira started working on type design after several years of typesetting. He has created 23 Japanese fonts plus 3 Latin fonts. Popular works include “Zen Old Mincho N Family,” in which he pursued traditional beauty of Japanese characters. Aside from type designing, Ohira also works on metal stamps with letters of his original design.


多年にわたり写真植字の仕事にたずさわった後、大平善道はタイプフェースのデザインを始めた。これまでに23の和文フォントと3つの欧文フォントを創り出してきた。日本の文字の伝統的な美しさを追求した「Zenオールド明朝Nファミリー」は特に好評な書体の一つだ。大平はオリジナルデザインの文字を用いた印鑑(金属製)の制作にも取り組んでいる。