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22.02.21SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 07: “Characters to be Inclined or Not Inclined”

In the previous article of this series “Inclination of Italic,” the difference in the impression due to inclination degree is explained. In this article, I would like to mention which glyphs…

22.01.17SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 06: “Inclination of Italic 2”

In the previous article of this series “Inclination of Italic 1,” how much the angle of italic is inclined in comparison between regular and italic is mentioned. In this article, I would lik…

21.12.20SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 05: “Inclination of Italic 1”

In the previous article of this series “Design Process of Italic,” inclination of character is mentioned as an example of comparison points between regular and italic. As the impression of t…

21.10.11SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 04: “Design Process of Italic”

The font design process differs depending on the designer. However, there are many cases in which the italic design begins after the regular design is fixed to some extent in the case of a f…

21.09.06SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 03: “Design of Italic”

There are various italic designs from those in which regular is inclined almost mechanically to those that are much more organic than regular with movement. Depending on the application and …

21.08.26SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 02: “Regular (Upright) and Italic”

It was mentioned in the previous article that information is differentiated by combining regular and the application of italic. Due to such application, both regular and italic are usually i…

21.08.17SeriesLatin Type Design / Latin Italic

Latin Italic 01: “Italic”

Type Project released Hama Mincho Italic in 2020.Although italic is a typeface style less familiar in Japan, it frequently appears in books, dictionaries, etc. in several language areas that…

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