Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira; born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is "Mighty Guy" ( マイトガイ, Maito Gai ). [1 ]
Akira Kobayashi is a Creative Type Director at Monotype. Kobayashi began his career as a type designer at Sha-Ken Co., Ltd. in 1983, going on to study calligraphy and typography, and working between Japan and Europe.
Creative Type Director AkiraKobayashi has nearly four decades of experience and an extensive background in Japanese typeface design and is a 2022 TDC Medal and
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.