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Christopher Simpkins

Christopher Eric Simpkins (1974-2025), of Hanover, NH, grew up in Gainesville, Florida, and attended the University of Florida. He earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Quoting from his obituary, Chrise was a skilled and dedicated transplant surgeon whose work saved many lives. His gentle bedside manner and concern for his patients and colleagues earned him respect and admiration throughout his career. Chris was honored with numerous teaching awards and affectionately known by colleagues and patients as the Gentle Giant for his calm, kind demeanor. In recent years, he served as a Senior User Experience Program Manager at Google, with a special interest in font development. Chris initiated and guided the creation of Google Sans Code, a new brand font designed specifically for reading and writing code, and he program-managed the design and development of other Google font families that were recognized with both internal and international design awards. Throughout his time at Google, Chris led a broad network of vendors and partnered with teams across the company to integrate these fonts to major Google platforms.

As a principal of Sourve Foundry in Baltimore, MD, he designed the free (open source) monospaced typeface Hack (2015) specifically for writing source code.

Dafont link. Open Font Library link. Behance link. Sourcefoundry link. Official obituary.

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