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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…

23.01.23SeriesRecommended 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…

22.11.22SeriesRecommended 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…

22.08.22SeriesRecommended 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…

22.05.23SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “The History of Japanese Lettering”

Today, I would like to introduce “The History of Japanese Lettering,” written by Minezo Tani. The history of Japanese lettering is described throughout 3 chapters of the book: various typefa…

22.04.25SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “Johnston’s Underground Type”

Today, I would like to introduce “Johnston’s Underground Type,” written by Justin Howes, and translated by Yoshio Goto. The underground type Johnston sans was created for the Transport…

22.02.28SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “The Beauty of Characters and the Power of Characters”

Today, I would like to introduce “The Beauty of Characters and the Power of Characters,” edited by Kohei Sugiura. A variety of character designs in the Asia region are described in this book…

22.01.31SeriesRecommended Book / From TP’s Stack

From TP’s Stack: “It’s Still Railroad Letters”

Today, I would like to introduce “It’s Still Railroad Letters: An Expanding World from Station Name Signs,” written by Akiko Nakanishi. I was curious to know how typefaces used in informatio…

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