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24.08.05SeriesDevelopment Story / Jun Mincho Development Story

Jun Mincho Development Story 3: “Consideration of Contrasts: Jun Mincho Headline and Jun Mincho Hairline”

In the Jun Mincho series, Standard, Headline, and Hairline have different contrasts. As the impression changes significantly with the element tip and the ratio of thickness in the horizontal…

24.05.27SeriesDevelopment Story / Jun Mincho Development Story

Jun Mincho Development Story 2: “Features of Structure Part 2”

I wrote in the previous article that Jun Mincho kanji is tight in the vertical direction. It is not correct to simply tighten the inside space between strokes to the same direction. Each met…

24.04.08SeriesDevelopment Story / Jun Mincho Development Story

Jun Mincho Development Story 1: “Features of Structure Part 1”

As I was in charge of kanji for Jun Mincho, Jun Mincho Headline, and Jun Mincho Hairline, I started creating kanji exploring their relationship with kana, what kind of typeface to aim for, t…

22.07.04SeriesDevelopment Story / TP Sky Modern Blk Development Story

TP Sky Modern Blk Development Story 03: “Experiment!”

I introduced the story of the “adjustment of the structure and thickness in kanji trials” in the previous article of the series. There were various other adjustments and experiments in the t…

22.05.09SeriesDevelopment Story / TP Sky Modern Blk Development Story

TP Sky Modern Blk Development Story 02: “Structure and Thickness”

The creation of TP Sky Modern Blk was to thicken strokes by widening the structure of TP Sky Low Contrast B. Kanji characters with fewer strokes have room to widen structure, but kanji chara…

22.04.11SeriesDevelopment Story / TP Sky Classic Latin Development Story

TP Sky Classic Latin Development Story 03: “Committed Point at Creation”

The committed point of TP Sky Classic as Latin is the harmony of its appearance with Japanese. At this time, blending with Japanese is adjusted by weight, and the x-height is decided. This i…

22.03.22SeriesDevelopment Story / TP Sky Modern Blk Development Story

TP Sky Modern Blk Development Story 01: “Modern?”

When I first joined development of TP Sky Modern Blk, I often thought: “What is ‘modern’?” Although the trials for hiragana and Latin had already been conducted with the indicated goals, I f…

22.03.07SeriesDevelopment Story / TP Sky Classic Latin Development Story

TP Sky Classic Latin Development Story 02: “Comparison with TP Sky Basic”

TP Sky Latin has a relatively even character width. On the other hand, TP Sky Classic has classical structure as a base. There are, therefore, differences in character width. The design is t…

22.01.24SeriesDevelopment Story / TP Sky Classic Latin Development Story

TP Sky Classic Latin Development Story 01: “Features of TP Sky Classic”

TP Sky Classic combines a compact and clear sans-serif typeface and proper classical block style. As Latin is included in the Japanese, it was intentionally concentrated only on creating the…

21.11.15SeriesDevelopment Story / Tokyo CityFont Development Story

Tokyo CityFont Development Story 02: Harmony with Japanese

TP Sky Low Contrast is adopted for Japanese type. When the concept and design for Latin are fixed to a certain degree, work to harmonize with Japanese type begins. As Latin looked smallish i…

21.09.22SeriesDevelopment Story / Tokyo CityFont Development Story

Tokyo CityFont Development Story 01: Features of Latin Design

Tokyo CityFont began when it was provided as a typeface by Nippon Design Center for indicating town blocks. With a focus on the theme ‘stylishness,’ the font features moderate modulation and…