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Sammy Or

Chinese type designer who created the sans typeface Xin Gothic (2011) that covers both Chinese and Latin. This clean and crisp typeface, typical of the Sammy Or style, is ideal for wayfinding and is also being used in e-books.

He created tens of CJK typefaces but is most proud of his first designs, Li Gothic (Li Hei) and Li Song, from the early eighties, which are still used in Apple products today, and Zhaujinti. Zhaujinti is Sammy's re-interpretation of Song emperor Huizong's Zhaujiin calligraphic style. Its strokes are thin and mannered. Matthew Carter designed matching Latin and Osamu Torinoumi (Jiyokobo) created gorgeous kana characters for it.

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His CV at VM Type: A seasoned typeface designer, Sammy Or's career spans 30 years. He is one of the most prolific and important designers of contemporary Chinese typefaces. With a solid grounding in traditional Chinese calligraphy as well as thorough knowledge in current font technologies, Or's typefaces are amongst the most widely used in the Chinese-speaking world today. Or began his work in typeface design as a Sign Systems Designer for the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTR) in Hong Kong in the 1980s. At MTR, Or participated in the development of a corporate typeface for its wayfinding system, which is still in current use. Subsequently, he was employed by the Hong Kong branch of the Monotype Corporation as Type Manager and Chief Typographer. While at Monotype, Or developed over twenty Chinese typefaces, including the first Chinese digital LaserCom fonts for the Hong Kong Government's Printing Department. The Monotype Sung and Hei families---typefaces of choice for numerous publications as well as the Hong Kong Government---are also his designs. In 1989, Or founded TTL Technology Limited. LiSung and LiGothic were the first Chinese outline (Postscript) fonts designed and developed for Apple Computers. These remain system fonts in the Macintosh operating system to this day. He also designed and marketed the popular 'Li' family of over thirty typefaces. In 1992, Or assumed the position of Vice-president and Chief Font Designer of DynaLab Inc., a preeminent font manufacturer in Asia. Or has also been a project-based development consultant for Bitstream Inc. for several years, designing CJK stroke-based technologies for international fonts. He is also a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Keynote speaker at ATypI 2012 in Hong Kong.

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