Today, I would like to introduce “There are Characters,” written by Rie Kaneda. This book is made up of essays on the people engaged in work involving characters in a variety of fields. You …

I would like to introduce checking V-characters with red pencil. Various instructions can be given by V-character by its writing position and direction. One V-character written between the e…

Today, I would like to introduce “Man and Writing” (edited by Fumio Yajima / composed by Ikkō Tanaka). This book can teach you about the alphabet, the Egyptian alphabet, the Mesopotamian alp…

The question “What is your favorite kanji glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.In the previous two articles, many answers with multiple glyphs, such as radicals and structure, were…

The question “What is your favorite kanji glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.In this article, answers referencing the kanji structure are presented. ・ “東”: The inside space betwe…

The question “What is your favorite kanji glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.In this article, we don’t just talk about single glyph mentioned in the answers, we talk about kanji …

In the previous article, we introduced stories related to class in student days in regard to what made our staff interested in typeface design. Apart from that, common keywords appearing in …

The question “What made you interested in typeface design?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. This article introduces comments on the most frequent answers among typeface designers abo…

In the Jun Mincho series, Standard, Headline, and Hairline have different contrasts. As the impression changes significantly with the element tip and the ratio of thickness in the horizontal…

Today, I would like to introduce “New Design Guide: Design of Japanese Language,” written by Yasuhito Nagahara. This book teaches us the design behind Japanese language and its flow to the p…

Today, I would like to introduce points on creating half-width and blocks of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character, testing the application ability…

I introduced the story of the number of glyphs in the previous article of this series. Today, I would like to introduce points on creating them. Kana with voiced dots and semi-voiced dots It…

“The 50 sounds in Hiragana” are often referenced. However, when creating Hiragana in font creation, 50 glyphs are not enough, and usually an approximate 100 glyphs are created. Glyphs, such …

I wrote in the previous article that Jun Mincho kanji is tight in the vertical direction. It is not correct to simply tighten the inside space between strokes to the same direction. Each met…

Today, I would like to introduce “Mincho Type: Its Origin and Formation,” written by Hiroshi Komiyama. It is a heavy, large-sized book with a lot of content. However, Mr. Komiyama’s simple s…

As I was in charge of kanji for Jun Mincho, Jun Mincho Headline, and Jun Mincho Hairline, I started creating kanji exploring their relationship with kana, what kind of typeface to aim for, t…