Questions for Font Creators

The question “What is the first glyph you create in typeface design?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. Among the answers from the Japanese designers, “あ” is mentioned as a specific gl…

The question “What is your favorite glyph among numbers and symbols?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. There are a variety of numbers and symbols included in each font, and the number…

The question “What is your favorite Latin alphabet glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.Through the last article, favorite Japanese glyphs, such as kanji and kana, were asked about…

The question “What is your favorite katakana glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. Their answers are given below. ・ “ア”:There is balance between the straight line and curved line. …

The question “What is your favorite hiragana glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. In the previous article, we presented answers that mentioned hiragana design. In this article, th…

The question “What is your favorite hiragana glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. For the answers to this question, there are many answers involving choosing hiragana with the rea…

The question “What is your favorite kanji glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.In the previous two articles, many answers with multiple glyphs, such as radicals and structure, were…

The question “What is your favorite kanji glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.In this article, answers referencing the kanji structure are presented. ・ “東”: The inside space betwe…

The question “What is your favorite kanji glyph?” was asked to staff at the Type Project.In this article, we don’t just talk about single glyph mentioned in the answers, we talk about kanji …

In the previous article, we introduced stories related to class in student days in regard to what made our staff interested in typeface design. Apart from that, common keywords appearing in …

The question “What made you interested in typeface design?” was asked to staff at the Type Project. This article introduces comments on the most frequent answers among typeface designers abo…