JunMaru Mincho

Overview

JunMaru Mincho is a typeface with a combination of glamour and reliability in its proper and tight character structure and familiar design. It can be used safely with various items from book titles to food and beverage packages, and pamphlets to posters, as it is easy to read and gentle with a mild and calm expression throughout, keeping the graceful silhouette of Mincho typeface.

Based on Jun Mincho, which is orthodox, with high multiplicity, JunMaru Mincho has widened the expression of typeface in a unique direction to increase the expression. Compared to TP Mincho, which has widened inside space between strokes to enhance visibility, JunMaru Mincho’s structure has a classical atmosphere in the foundation of beauty of the typeface with tightened inside space between strokes and a high center of gravity. Also, compared to Jun Mincho Headline and Hairline, JunMaru Mincho gives off more human warmth. If it was cooking, it would be stew with a mild taste that warms your body, or it would be a typeface that matches sweet dessert after meal, such as a cream puff, strawberry tart. It is a Mincho typeface with a fluffy and mellow expression.

Concept

JunMaru Mincho is a Mincho typeface that creates a mild and relaxed atmosphere with a proper structure. Flickering is suppressed by minimizing the contrast maximally between vertical strokes and horizontal strokes specific to Mincho; it enables the recognition of characters sufficiently even at a small size, achieving high displayability on screen. It can be used safely in formal settings. At the same time, it brings a gentle and calm air. While being a Mincho typeface, JunMaru Mincho maintains a block style appearance due to the fluffy strokes and well-balanced structure. All 7 weights have soft richness; the series makes you feel the familiarity with high reliability.

Features

Thick and round tips of brush stops and sweeping are the distinctive qualities of JunMaru Mincho. Rounded uroko that looks like a rice ball at the end edge of a horizontal stroke expresses the warm character of JunMaru Mincho. Although the contrast between vertical strokes and horizontal strokes is set lower, natural modulation accompanying the movement of strokes is maintained. In TP Mincho Low Contrast, horizontal strokes and tip parts are thick. Having a different kind of solidity with contrasting mild properties is the feature of JunMaru Mincho. As it has the combination of practicality of being safely to use with everything from paper media to on-screen with an originality of design, reliability can be felt in its familiarity – it is also suitable for use in logotypes.

Family

The JunMaru Mincho family consists of 7 weights: UL (Ultra Light), EL (Extra Light), L (Light), R (Regular), M (Medium), B (Bold), and H (Heavy). UL and EL, which look as if they were written with a pen, are highly original fonts that would not fit in the traditional concept of Mincho typeface. L and R have the appropriate weights for normal texts and captions, but they also have fresh expression even when used at large sizes, enabling use in various applications. M, B, and H are weights that show the identity of JunMaru Mincho the most, as roundness in the stroke tips appears clearly. As there is also strength in their calmness, they demonstrate their power freely in titles, headings, packages, etc.

Specification