Recommended Book

Today, I would like to introduce “Table of Characters,” written by Kyoko Masaki. This is a collection of essays in which the full flavor of typesetting and typeface mainly experienced by the…

Today, I would like to introduce “A Compilation of Contemporary Letter Designs.” This is the new reprint edition of “A Compilation of Contemporary Letter Designs,” originally published in 19…

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 …

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…

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 “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…

Today, I would like to introduce “Stroll with Typography: Observation of Characters on the Road,” written by Kentaro Fujimoto. This book consists of records of encounters with characte…

Today, I would like to introduce “Shintaro Ajioka’s Typeface Course,” written by Shintaro Ajioka. Typeface and typography-related writings of Shintaro Ajioka, the creator of Mincho typeface …

Today, I would like to introduce “Men Who are Possessed by the Type,” written by Jiro Katashio. Centered in Japan in the early Showa era, crossing the era and different countries, 11 men who…

Today, I would like to introduce “The Visual History of Type,” written by Paul McNeil. In this book, carefully selected Latin typefaces from the 1400s to around 2000 are introduced. The stru…

Today, I would like to introduce “Reading Letters,” written by Sofie Beier. This book explains typeface visibility in detail. At a glance, it is a hard theme. However, the book is designed t…

Today, I would like to introduce “SANS SERIF,” written by Cees W. De Jong. In this book, more than 30 types of major sans serif typefaces from 1900 to around 2000 are picked out and introduc…