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25.04.21SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (April 2025): “Table of Characters”

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…

25.03.31SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (March 2025): “A Compilation of Contemporary Letter Designs”

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…

24.11.18SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (November 2024): “There are Characters”

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 …

24.10.28SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (October 2024): “Man and Writing”

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…

24.07.29SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (June 2024): “New Design Guide: Design of Japanese Language”

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…

24.04.15SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (April 2024): “Mincho Type: Its Origin and Formation”

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…

24.02.26SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (February 2024): “Stroll with Typography: Observation of Characters on the Road”

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…

23.09.25SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (September 2023): “Shintaro Ajioka’s Typeface Course”

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 …

23.07.24SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (July 2023): “Men Who are Possessed by the Type”

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…

23.06.26SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “Creation of Typefaces That Open a New Era”

Today, I would like to introduce “Creation of Typefaces That Open a New Era: The Backstage of Type, Photo-Typesetting, and Digital Font Design According to Typeface Designer, Kazuo Hashimoto…

23.05.22SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “The Kawaraban of Edo – Identity of Media That Enfevered the Common People”

Today, I would like to introduce “The Kawaraban of Edo – Identity of Media That Enfevered the Common People,” written by Kenji Morita. The sellers hid their faces, and the names of the…

23.04.17SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “Creation of Typefaces”

Today, I would like to introduce “Creation of Typefaces: Anthology of Takao Hayashi Typefaces.” This is a book published in memory of Takao Hayashi, the founder of TypeBank. This book consis…

23.03.27SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “Cultural History of the Character”

Today, I would like to introduce “Cultural History of the Character,” written by Akira Fujieda. Beginning from hieroglyphs to the birth of kanji, and up to printing, the history and transiti…

23.02.20SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (February 2023) : “The Visual History of Type”

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…

23.01.23SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “The History of Mincho Typeface”

Today, I would like to introduce “The History of Mincho Typeface,” written by Shinichi Takemura. This book begins with paper and cloth, the origin of printing, the transition of character an…

22.12.12SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (December 2022) : “Reading Letters”

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…

22.11.22SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “Characters of Prayers” and “Characters of Cities”

Today, I would like to introduce “Characters of Prayers” and “Characters of Cities,” written by Yoji Haijima.Characters the author and his acquaintances found are introduced with various pho…

22.10.24SeriesRecommended Book / Book of the Month

Book of the Month (October 2022): “SANS SERIF”

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…

22.08.22SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “The World of Edo Books: Publishing Situation in Edo Read by Kibyōshi”

Today, I would like to introduce “The World of Edo Books: Publishing Situation in Edo Read by Kibyōshi,” written by Toshiyuki Suzuki. The content explains the publishing situation in Edo, wh…

22.07.11SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “Portrait of 34 Great Craftsmen”

Today, I would like to introduce “Portrait of 34 Great Craftsmen Who Have Supported Printing and Papermaking,” written by Yuki Akari. As people who appeared in the previously introduced “’Ty…

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