Gene Eidy

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Gene Eidy Photo era type designer in Colorado who created the oriental simulation typeface Sukiyaki in 1968, while he was a graduate student at Cal State Long Beach. Sukiyaki was published by Lettergraphics International. Gene was a professor at Metropolitan State College (now University) in Denver, Colorado, where he taught advertising design and illustration, including lettering. There is a plethora of digital copies and revivals of Sukiyaki---sadly, none of these give proper credit. Examples include the ubiquitous free font Hirosh (by Aarrgghh, or Jonathan Smith, who does not mention Sukiyaki, even though the glyphs are identical) and Itto (by Chris MacGregor). In 2020, Steve Harrison did a proper digital revival giving full credit to Eidy---his typeface is also called Sukiyaki. The images below show Gene's original artwork (courtesy of Sara Tack) and, for comparison, Jonathan Smith's Hirosh, and Steve Harrison's Sukiyaki.	EXTERNAL LINKS Dafont page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Oriental simulation fonts ⦿ Photo and film type era ⦿ Type scene in Colorado ⦿

file name: Gene Eidy Sukiyaki Original Material 1968

file name: Steve Harrison Sukiyaki 2020 Revival of Sukiyaki Gene Eidy 1968

file name: Jonathan Smith Hirosh 1993 after Gene Eidy Sukiyaki 1968

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