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Amira 2The cross between calligraphy and sans serif is rare, inhabiting
territory between Hermann Zapf’s Optima, classical sansstructure with a calligraphic spirit, and Warren Chappell’s
Lydian, classical calligraphy without serifs. Cyrus Highsmith
claims adventurous new ground with Amira 2, a letterformthat pops from the page with an angled vitality. Amira 2 both
welcomes and surprises readers with bright new rhythms andtexture. In 2023, Cem Eskinazi expanded the character set toinclude small caps plus Greek & Cyrillic.

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Amira 210 styles total
Designed by Cyrus Highsmith & Cem Eskinazi
Published 2004–2024

OCCUPANT FONTSOITICICAS ART
ABDUCTION
KANT NACRESDEHORTATORYSCROBE SKILLEDAMIRA 2 BLACKAMIRA 2 BOLDAMIRA 2 SEMIBOLDAMIRA 2 REGULARAMIRA 2 LIGHT

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oiticicas accord
abduction saw
kant nacres dyak
dehortatory out
scrobe skills maror
AMIRA 2 BLACKAMIRA 2 BOLDAMIRA 2 SEMIBOLDAMIRA 2 REGULARAMIRA 2 LIGHT

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ABDUCTION
KANT NACRESDEHORTATORYSCROBE SKILLEDAMIRA 2 BLACK ITALICAMIRA 2 BOLD ITALICAMIRA 2 SEMIBOLD ITALICAMIRA 2 ITALICAMIRA 2 LIGHT ITALIC

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oiticicas accord
abduction saw
kant nacres dyak
dehortatory out
scrobe skills maror
AMIRA 2 BLACK ITALICAMIRA 2 BOLD ITALICAMIRA 2 SEMIBOLD ITALICAMIRA 2 ITALICAMIRA 2 LIGHT ITALIC

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AMIRA 2 LIGHT 10/12 POINTSAMIRA 2 REGULAR 10/12 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting
type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting
application and you just leave the settings on default, you can set type
that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers are experts who
have something to add to the reading experience. They finely tune thetypography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate.
In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things like point size andspacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author and make the reading
experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners fromattempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge that the artof typography is often subtle, and without training it can be difficult to
see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help students train theireyes to see text as typographers do. The focus of this text is on the Latinalphabet (which is the alphabet used for English) and Latin typography. Of

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting
type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting
application and you just leave the settings on default, you can set type
that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers are experts who
have something to add to the reading experience. They finely tune thetypography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate.
In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things like point size andspacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author and make the reading
experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners fromattempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge that the artof typography is often subtle, and without training it can be difficult to
see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help students train theireyes to see text as typographers do. The focus of this text is on the Latinalphabet (which is the alphabet used for English) and Latin typography. Of

AMIRA 2 LIGHT ITALIC 10/12 POINTSAMIRA 2 ITALIC 10/12 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces
to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier thanever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you justleave the settings on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate.
However, good typographers are experts who have something to add to thereading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents tomake it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about
things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author
and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage
beginners from attempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge thatthe art of typography is often subtle, and without training it can be difficult to
see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help students train their eyes to
see text as typographers do. The focus of this text is on the Latin alphabet (whichis the alphabet used for English) and Latin typography. Of course, there are manyother writing systems in use in our world. There are other alphabetic systems like

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces
to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier thanever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you justleave the settings on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate.
However, good typographers are experts who have something to add to thereading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents tomake it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about
things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author
and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage
beginners from attempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge thatthe art of typography is often subtle, and without training it can be difficult to
see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help students train their eyes
to see text as typographers do. The focus of this text is on the Latin alphabet(which is the alphabet used for English) and Latin typography. Of course, there
are many other writing systems in use in our world. There are other alphabetic

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AMIRA 2 SEMIBOLD 10/12 POINTSAMIRA 2 BOLD 10/12 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers makesetting type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a goodtypesetting application and you just leave the settings on default,
you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good
typographers are experts who have something to add to the reading
experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents
to make it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces anddecisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers
clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience moreenjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting
typography. But it is important to acknowledge that the art oftypography is often subtle, and without training it can be difficult to
see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help students train
their eyes to see text as typographers do. The focus of this text is on

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers makesetting type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a goodtypesetting application and you just leave the settings on default,
you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good
typographers are experts who have something to add to the reading
experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents
to make it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces anddecisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers
clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience
more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners fromattempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge thatthe art of typography is often subtle, and without training it canbe difficult to see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help
students train their eyes to see text as typographers do. The focus

AMIRA 2 SEMIBOLD ITALIC 10/12 POINTSAMIRA 2 BOLD 10/12 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting typeeasier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting applicationand you just leave the settings on default, you can set type that’s more orless adequate. However, good typographers are experts who have something
to add to the reading experience. They finely tune the typography for specificdocuments to make it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces
and decisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify
the voice of the author and make the reading experience more enjoyable.
This isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting typography. But
it is important to acknowledge that the art of typography is often subtle,
and without training it can be difficult to see what’s going on. The goal ofthis book is to help students train their eyes to see text as typographers do.
The focus of this text is on the Latin alphabet (which is the alphabet used
for English) and Latin typography. Of course, there are many other writingwww.occupantfonts.com

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting
type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting
application and you just leave the settings on default, you can set type
that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers are experts
who have something to add to the reading experience. They finely
tune the typography for specific documents to make it more than justadequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things likepoint size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author
and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant todiscourage beginners from attempting typography. But it is importantto acknowledge that the art of typography is often subtle, and without
training it can be difficult to see what’s going on. The goal of this book
is to help students train their eyes to see text as typographers do. The
focus of this text is on the Latin alphabet (which is the alphabet used forOCCUPANT FONTS

AMIRA 2 BLACK 10/12 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers havemore typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers
make setting type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using agood typesetting application and you just leave the settings ondefault, you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However,good typographers are experts who have something to add tothe reading experience. They finely tune the typography forspecific documents to make it more than just adequate. In theirchoice of typefaces and decisions about things like point sizeand spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author andmake the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant
to discourage beginners from attempting typography. But it isimportant to acknowledge that the art of typography is often
subtle, and without training it can be difficult to see what’s
going on. The goal of this book is to help students train their
AMIRA 2 BLACK ITALIC 10/12 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers makesetting type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a goodtypesetting application and you just leave the settings on default,
you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good
typographers are experts who have something to add to the reading
experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents
to make it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces anddecisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers
clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience moreenjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting
typography. But it is important to acknowledge that the art oftypography is often subtle, and without training it can be difficult to
see what’s going on. The goal of this book is to help students train
their eyes to see text as typographers do. The focus of this text is

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AMIRA 2 LIGHT 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces tochoose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier than ever. The
truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you just leave the settings
on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers
are experts who have something to add to the reading experience. They finely tune thetypography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate. In their choice oftypefaces and decisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify thevoice of the author and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant todiscourage beginners from attempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge
AMIRA 2 LIGHT ITALIC 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces to choose
from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’reusing a good typesetting application and you just leave the settings on default, you can set type
that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers are experts who have something to
add to the reading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents to makeit more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things like point
size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience
more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting typography. But it isimportant to acknowledge that the art of typography is often subtle, and without training it can

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AMIRA 2 REGULAR 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces tochoose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier than ever. The
truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you just leave the settings
on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers
are experts who have something to add to the reading experience. They finely tune
the typography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate. In theirchoice of typefaces and decisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers
clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This
isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting typography. But it is important
AMIRA 2 ITALIC 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces to choose
from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’reusing a good typesetting application and you just leave the settings on default, you can set type
that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers are experts who have something to
add to the reading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents to makeit more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things like point
size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience
more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting typography. But it
is important to acknowledge that the art of typography is often subtle, and without training

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AMIRA 2 SEMIBOLD 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces
to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier thanever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you justleave the settings on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate.
However, good typographers are experts who have something to add to thereading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents tomake it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about
things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author
and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage
AMIRA 2 SEMIBOLD ITALIC 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces tochoose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier than ever. The
truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you just leave the settings
on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers
are experts who have something to add to the reading experience. They finely tune thetypography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate. In their choice oftypefaces and decisions about things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify thevoice of the author and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant todiscourage beginners from attempting typography. But it is important to acknowledge

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AMIRA 2 BOLD 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces
to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier thanever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you justleave the settings on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate.
However, good typographers are experts who have something to add to thereading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents
to make it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions
about things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of theauthor and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant
AMIRA 2 BOLD ITALIC 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces tochoose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier than ever.
The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you just leave thesettings on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate. However, good
typographers are experts who have something to add to the reading experience. They
finely tune the typography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate.
In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things like point size and spacing,
typographers clarify the voice of the author and make the reading experience moreenjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage beginners from attempting typography.

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AMIRA 2 BLACK 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more
typefaces to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting
type easier than ever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting
application and you just leave the settings on default, you can set type
that’s more or less adequate. However, good typographers are experts who
have something to add to the reading experience. They finely tune thetypography for specific documents to make it more than just adequate.
In their choice of typefaces and decisions about things like point size andspacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author and make the reading
AMIRA 2 BLACK ITALIC 18/20 POINTS

We live in a typographic wonderland. Typographers have more typefaces
to choose from than ever before, and computers make setting type easier thanever. The truth is, if you’re using a good typesetting application and you justleave the settings on default, you can set type that’s more or less adequate.
However, good typographers are experts who have something to add to thereading experience. They finely tune the typography for specific documents tomake it more than just adequate. In their choice of typefaces and decisions about
things like point size and spacing, typographers clarify the voice of the author
and make the reading experience more enjoyable. This isn’t meant to discourage

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Cyrus Highsmith
Cyrus is a letter drawer, teacher, author, and graphic artist. He
teaches type design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He
wrote and illustrated the acclaimed primer Inside Paragraphs:
Typographic Fundamentals. In 2015, he received the Gerrit
Noordzij Prize for extraordinary contributions to the fields oftype design, typography, and type education. In 2017, he became
Creative Director for Latin Type Development at Morisawa
USA. He goes to bed very early.

contact
Morisawa USA Inc.
https://www.morisawa-usa.com /Cem Eskinazi
Cem Eskinazi is a Turkish graphic designer, type designer, andeducator. He holds a BS in Marketing Communications from
Emersom College and an MFA in Graphic Design from RISD. He
teaches both undergraduate and graduate students at schools
around the world. He runs his design practice from Barcelona,
Spain. His favorite color is yellow.

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Occupant Fonts
Founded by Cyrus Highsmith in 2015, Occupant Fonts is
relatively young compared to his 20+ years of experience as a
type designer. We joined Morisawa in 2017 to be the Japanesetype company’s Latin alphabet counterpart. We focus ondeveloping original typefaces.

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licensing & information about character sets
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copyright©2024 Morisawa Inc. All rights reservered.

The text used in the paragraph showings is from
Inside Paragraphs: Typographic Fundamentals©2012 Cyrus Highsmith
Words in the headline showings were generated
with help from Nina Stössinger’s mighty Word-o-Mat.
Please use this document for evaluation purposes only.