2021年10月

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…

Features of Japanese notations using three character types, titled “Typesetting Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana” are described previously in this blog. Focusing on the perspective of design wo…

The font design process differs depending on the designer. However, there are many cases in which the italic design begins after the regular design is fixed to some extent in the case of a f…

Vertical typesetting and horizontal typesetting are used for different purposes in Japanese. Most kanji and kana characters can be commonly used for both typesetting directions. There are al…