Chris Simpkins has passed away
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Dave Crossland
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I'm sadly posting here to share the news that Chris Simpkins, who had a successful career as an organ transplant surgeon before establishing himself as a font engineer, initially through his Hack programmer's font (a fork of DejaVu Sans Mono) and lately as a program manager peer of mine inside the Google Fonts team, has passed away unexpectedly at 51.
His official obituary page is here, and anyone who is thinking of him is welcome to post a memory or message to his family there:
https://www.rand-wilson.com/obituary/christopher-simpkins
His official obituary page is here, and anyone who is thinking of him is welcome to post a memory or message to his family there:
https://www.rand-wilson.com/obituary/christopher-simpkins
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