Cyrus Highsmith

Cyrus Highsmith (born 1973)[1] is an American typeface designer, illustrator, and author.

[10][11] Some of Highsmith’s most well-known typefaces are Zócalo, used by the Mexican daily El Universal, and the Antenna series, which was used in several magazine designs[12] as well as by Ford and the official Star Wars website.

In 2015, Cyrus Highsmith received the Gerrit Noordzij Prize by the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.

In September 2017, it was announced that Occupant Fonts had been acquired by the Japanese type foundry Morisawa [ja] [20][21] and thenceforth functioned as their Providence drawing office, with Highsmith as its creative director, overseeing RISD graduates June Shin, Marie Otsuka and Cem Eskinazi.

[22] The first two releases in cooperation with Morisawa are Citrine and the Latin-character range of A1 Gothic (both derived from his typeface Allium), published that same year.

A FontShop specimen image of Highsmith's Quiosco. It was inspired by the approach of type designer William Addison Dwiggins in creating an obvious difference between the curve shapes on the outside and inside of the letterforms.