Two Rounds  based on a perfect circle

AXIS Round has been developed to further enrich the world of expressive possibilities already experienced by users of AXIS Font. Its round tips, based on a perfect circle, continue smoothly to the brushstroke part.
AXIS Round 50 presents a soft mood, while AXIS Round 100 shows its effectiveness with headlines and the like. Each has a Condensed typeface with narrow kanji characters designed at 80% basic font width and kana characters at 76%, and a Compressed typeface with kanji set at 60% and kana at 50%.

Round 50

With its sharp AXIS Font contours given a subtle rounding, AXIS Round 50 retains the crisp feeling of the modern sans-serif while generating a soft and airy quality. Although AXIS Round 50 is named for its rounding of the half-tips of AXIS Font’s strokes using the diameter of a perfect circle, in actuality the roundness is a percentage set by visual adjustment for each weight. For example, Heavy and Bold are adjusted to 50%, Medium and Regular to 55%, and Light, Extra Light and Ultra Light to 60%. Moreover, in parts that take on a pointed look within a perfect circle, flatness has been applied to bring out a feeling of stability

Round 100

AXIS Round 100 is a “contemporary round Gothic” that is both approachable and possessed of a sense of being neatly attired. As the inside diameter has not been rounded in the manner of most round Gothics, the sharp expressiveness of the modern sans-serif remains.For AXIS Round 100, the tips of the strokes are based on the diameter of a perfect circle, and fine adjustments are being made – for example, lengthening the stroke in parts where the rounding has created the impression of smallness, and reducing unevenness in kanji characters to obtain smoother shapes. In addition, the kana characters are being designed to appear visually circular without the use of a perfect circle for the stroke tips.