diff --git a/include/cinder/ImageIo.h b/include/cinder/ImageIo.h
index ebf1ef8ce5..7760a3f9d9 100644
--- a/include/cinder/ImageIo.h
+++ b/include/cinder/ImageIo.h
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ typedef std::shared_ptr<class ImageTargetFile>	ImageTargetFileRef;
 
 class CI_API ImageIo {
   public:
-	typedef enum ColorModel { CM_RGB, CM_GRAY, CM_UNKNOWN } ColorModel;
-	typedef enum DataType { UINT8, UINT16, FLOAT32, FLOAT16, DATA_UNKNOWN } DataType;
-	typedef enum ChannelType { CHAN_RGB_R, CHAN_RGB_G, CHAN_RGB_B, CHAN_GRAY, CHAN_ALPHA, CHAN_MASK, CHAN_LAB_L, CHAN_LAB_A, CHAN_LAB_B,
+	enum ColorModel { CM_RGB, CM_GRAY, CM_UNKNOWN };
+	enum DataType { UINT8, UINT16, FLOAT32, FLOAT16, DATA_UNKNOWN };
+	enum ChannelType { CHAN_RGB_R, CHAN_RGB_G, CHAN_RGB_B, CHAN_GRAY, CHAN_ALPHA, CHAN_MASK, CHAN_LAB_L, CHAN_LAB_A, CHAN_LAB_B,
 					CHAN_YUV_Y, CHAN_YUV_U, CHAN_YUV_V, CHAN_CMYK_C, CHAN_CMYK_M, CHAN_CMYK_Y, CHAN_CMYK_K,
-					CHAN_UNKNOWN } ChannelType;
-	typedef enum ChannelOrder { RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGBX, BGRX, XRGB, XBGR, RGB, BGR, Y, YA, CUSTOM } ChannelOrder; 	// Y = Gray/Luminance, X = ignored
+					CHAN_UNKNOWN };
+	enum ChannelOrder { RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGBX, BGRX, XRGB, XBGR, RGB, BGR, Y, YA, CUSTOM }; // Y = Gray/Luminance, X = ignored
 
 	int32_t			getWidth() const { return mWidth; }
 	int32_t			getHeight() const { return mHeight; }
diff --git a/include/cinder/Log.h b/include/cinder/Log.h
index d3c94e7545..3bad83b196 100644
--- a/include/cinder/Log.h
+++ b/include/cinder/Log.h
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@
 
 namespace cinder { namespace log {
 
-typedef enum {
+enum Level {
 	LEVEL_VERBOSE,
 	LEVEL_DEBUG,
 	LEVEL_INFO,
 	LEVEL_WARNING,
 	LEVEL_ERROR,
 	LEVEL_FATAL
-} Level;
+};
 
 struct CI_API Location {
 	Location() {}
diff --git a/include/cinder/Text.h b/include/cinder/Text.h
index 22a3a862a6..d0db630465 100644
--- a/include/cinder/Text.h
+++ b/include/cinder/Text.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class CI_API TextLayout {
 
 class CI_API TextBox {
   public:
-	typedef enum Alignment { LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT } Alignment;
+	enum Alignment { LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT };
 	enum { GROW = 0 };
 	
 	TextBox() : mAlign( LEFT ), mSize( GROW, GROW ), mFont( Font::getDefault() ), mInvalid( true ), mColor( 1, 1, 1, 1 ), mBackgroundColor( 0, 0, 0, 0 ), mPremultiplied( false ), mLigate( true ) {}
diff --git a/include/cinder/Triangulate.h b/include/cinder/Triangulate.h
index 11ecef412e..ebcf19eff1 100644
--- a/include/cinder/Triangulate.h
+++ b/include/cinder/Triangulate.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace cinder {
 //! Converts an arbitrary Shape2d into a TriMesh2d
 class CI_API Triangulator {
   public:
-	typedef enum Winding { WINDING_ODD, WINDING_NONZERO, WINDING_POSITIVE, WINDING_NEGATIVE, WINDING_ABS_GEQ_TWO } Winding;
+	enum Winding { WINDING_ODD, WINDING_NONZERO, WINDING_POSITIVE, WINDING_NEGATIVE, WINDING_ABS_GEQ_TWO };
 
 	//! Default constructor
 	Triangulator();
diff --git a/include/cinder/Xml.h b/include/cinder/Xml.h
index d5a936387b..6bb837c537 100644
--- a/include/cinder/Xml.h
+++ b/include/cinder/Xml.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class CI_API XmlTree {
 	};
 
 	//! Enum listing all types of XML nodes understood by the parser.
-	typedef enum { NODE_UNKNOWN, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_CDATA, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DATA } NodeType;
+	enum NodeType { NODE_UNKNOWN, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_CDATA, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DATA };
 
 	//! Default constructor, creating an empty node.
 	XmlTree() : mParent( 0 ), mNodeType( NODE_ELEMENT ) {}
diff --git a/include/cinder/app/cocoa/AppCocoaTouch.h b/include/cinder/app/cocoa/AppCocoaTouch.h
index 240a614772..a6945b9c7a 100644
--- a/include/cinder/app/cocoa/AppCocoaTouch.h
+++ b/include/cinder/app/cocoa/AppCocoaTouch.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class AppCocoaTouch : public AppBase {
 	//! Retuens a pointer to the native UITextView, which can be used to customize the virtual keyboard.
 	::UITextView	*getKeyboardTextView() const;
 
-	typedef enum StatusBarAnimation { NONE, FADE, SLIDE } StatusBarAnimation;
+	enum StatusBarAnimation { NONE, FADE, SLIDE };
 	//! Shows the system status bar
 	void 	showStatusBar( StatusBarAnimation animation = StatusBarAnimation::NONE );
 	//! Returns whether the system status bar is visible
diff --git a/include/cinder/gl/Vao.h b/include/cinder/gl/Vao.h
index 74e7fce539..7f0574e6a0 100644
--- a/include/cinder/gl/Vao.h
+++ b/include/cinder/gl/Vao.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CI_API Vao : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Vao> {
 	void				setLabel( const std::string &label );
 
 	struct VertexAttrib {
-		typedef enum { FLOAT, INTEGER } PointerType;
+		enum PointerType { FLOAT, INTEGER };
 	
 		VertexAttrib()
 			: mEnabled( false ), mSize( 0 ), mType( GL_FLOAT ), mNormalized( false ), mStride( 0 ), mPointer( 0 ), mArrayBufferBinding( 0 ), mDivisor( 0 ), mPointerType( FLOAT )
diff --git a/include/cinder/msw/StackWalker.h b/include/cinder/msw/StackWalker.h
index f925dc4abb..e6e45187ac 100644
--- a/include/cinder/msw/StackWalker.h
+++ b/include/cinder/msw/StackWalker.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class StackWalkerInternal;  // forward
 class StackWalker
 {
 public:
-  typedef enum StackWalkOptions
+  enum StackWalkOptions
   {
     // No addition info will be retrived 
     // (only the address is available)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class StackWalker
     
     // Contains all options (default)
     OptionsAll = 0x3F
-  } StackWalkOptions;
+  };
 
   StackWalker(
     int options = OptionsAll, // 'int' is by design, to combine the enum-flags
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class StackWalker
 
 protected:
   // Entry for each Callstack-Entry
-  typedef struct CallstackEntry
+  struct CallstackEntry
   {
     DWORD64 offset;  // if 0, we have no valid entry
     CHAR name[STACKWALK_MAX_NAMELEN];
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class StackWalker
     CHAR moduleName[STACKWALK_MAX_NAMELEN];
     DWORD64 baseOfImage;
     CHAR loadedImageName[STACKWALK_MAX_NAMELEN];
-  } CallstackEntry;
+  };
 
   enum CallstackEntryType {firstEntry, nextEntry, lastEntry};
 
diff --git a/include/cinder/qtime/AvfWriter.h b/include/cinder/qtime/AvfWriter.h
index 6b56bb8b5d..31051924d1 100644
--- a/include/cinder/qtime/AvfWriter.h
+++ b/include/cinder/qtime/AvfWriter.h
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ typedef std::shared_ptr<MovieWriter> MovieWriterRef;
 
 class MovieWriter {
   public:
-	typedef enum Codec { H264, JPEG
+	enum Codec { H264, JPEG
 #if ! defined( CINDER_COCOA_TOUCH )
 	, PRO_RES_4444, PRO_RES_422
 #endif
-	} Codec;
-	typedef enum FileType { QUICK_TIME_MOVIE, MPEG4, M4V } FileType;
+	};
+	enum FileType { QUICK_TIME_MOVIE, MPEG4, M4V };
 
 	//! Defines the encoding parameters of a MovieWriter
 	class Format {
diff --git a/include/cinder/svg/Svg.h b/include/cinder/svg/Svg.h
index cc48a125e6..0c48770125 100644
--- a/include/cinder/svg/Svg.h
+++ b/include/cinder/svg/Svg.h
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
 
 namespace cinder { namespace svg {
 
-typedef enum { FILL_RULE_NONZERO, FILL_RULE_EVENODD } FillRule;
-typedef enum { LINE_CAP_BUTT, LINE_CAP_ROUND, LINE_CAP_SQUARE } LineCap;
-typedef enum { LINE_JOIN_MITER, LINE_JOIN_ROUND, LINE_JOIN_BEVEL } LineJoin;
-typedef enum { WEIGHT_100, WEIGHT_200, WEIGHT_300, WEIGHT_400, WEIGHT_NORMAL = WEIGHT_400, WEIGHT_500, WEIGHT_600, WEIGHT_700, WEIGHT_BOLD = WEIGHT_700, WEIGHT_800, WEIGHT_900 } FontWeight;
+enum FillRule { FILL_RULE_NONZERO, FILL_RULE_EVENODD };
+enum LineCap { LINE_CAP_BUTT, LINE_CAP_ROUND, LINE_CAP_SQUARE };
+enum LineJoin { LINE_JOIN_MITER, LINE_JOIN_ROUND, LINE_JOIN_BEVEL };
+enum FontWeight { WEIGHT_100, WEIGHT_200, WEIGHT_300, WEIGHT_400, WEIGHT_NORMAL = WEIGHT_400, WEIGHT_500, WEIGHT_600, WEIGHT_700, WEIGHT_BOLD = WEIGHT_700, WEIGHT_800, WEIGHT_900 };
 
 class Node;
 class Group;
diff --git a/src/cinder/gl/TextureFormatParsers.cpp b/src/cinder/gl/TextureFormatParsers.cpp
index 1748db9c6d..d088669c93 100644
--- a/src/cinder/gl/TextureFormatParsers.cpp
+++ b/src/cinder/gl/TextureFormatParsers.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void parseDds( const DataSourceRef &dataSource, TextureData *resultData )
 		} ;
 	} DdPixelFormat;
 
-	typedef struct DdSurface // this is lifted and adapted from DDSURFACEDESC2
+	struct DdSurface // this is lifted and adapted from DDSURFACEDESC2
 	{
 		uint32_t               dwSize;                 // size of the DDSURFACEDESC structure
 		uint32_t               dwFlags;                // determines what fields are valid
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void parseDds( const DataSourceRef &dataSource, TextureData *resultData )
 		};
 		ddCaps2			ddsCaps;                // direct draw surface capabilities
 		uint32_t		dwTextureStage;         // stage in multitexture cascade
-	} DdSurface;
+	};
 
 	typedef struct {
 		uint32_t/*DXGI_FORMAT*/					dxgiFormat;