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“木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted

23.10.16SeriesJapanese Type Design / “木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted

“木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted 04: “Thickness”

Adjustment of thickness is essential to creating a sense of unity in the character. For “木 (Ki)” that comes in the center, there are more adjustments in the horizontal stroke. Thickness is a…

23.08.07SeriesJapanese Type Design / “木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted

“木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted 03: “The Forth Stroke of Stop Brush”

As introduced in the first article of the series, some forms of “木 (Ki)” incorporate a stop brush on the forth stroke. Adjustment of this stop brush may be bold compared to the other strokes…

23.07.18SeriesJapanese Type Design / “木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted

“木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted 02: “Width and Height”

“木 (Ki)” becomes vertically long in ki-hen, such as “村, 榑, 樹,” etc. The width of “木 (Ki)” is tuned to a fine degree to match the element that comes on the right side. On the other hand, ther…

23.05.29SeriesJapanese Type Design / “木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted

“木 (Ki)” That Cannot Be Copy-Pasted 01: “Harai (Sweeping) and Ten (Stop Brush)”

From this time, I would like to focus only on “木 (Ki)” and introduce what kind of adjustments are made in creating kanji. There are a lot of kanji with “木 (Ki),” such as “札, 杉, 村, 極, 機, 樹, 呆…

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