Book of the Month

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…

Today, I would like to introduce “’Typeface’ is Created,” written by Akari Yuki. In an online panel discussion for the commemoration of publication (https://www.hanmoto.com/yyeve…

Today, I would like to introduce “Size-specific adjustments to type designs,” written by Tim Ahrens and Shoko Mugikura. According to the character size used, variations with different struct…

Today, I would like to introduce “The Field Guide to Typography: Typefaces in the Urban Landscape,” written by Peter Dawson and translated by Yumiko Teshima. The outline of approximately 120…

Today, I would like to introduce “Designing Type,” written by Karen Cheng, edited by Yoshihisa Shirai, and translated by Keiko Ihara. This is a Japanese translation of the book published as …

Today, I would like to introduce “Writing Vertically Creates the Scenery of Words – Why Do We Need Two Japanese Writings in Vertical and Horizontal?” written by Takayuki Kumagai. Grasp…

Today, I would like to introduce “Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana – History of Japanese Notation,” written by Shinji Konno The content explains Japanese notation up to written in kanji a…

Today, I would like to introduce “Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age,” written by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. It is a visual book of a collection of scripts drawn i…