A-D
- Ashi (feet)
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A generic term used for radicals located at the bottom of a kanji.
- Counter
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The inside space surrounded by strokes.
It is mainly used in the context of Latin typography, but it is also a concept in common with “Futokoro” in kanji and kana.
- Corporate Font
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Font established to regulate a corporate brand image.
- Beginning of a brushstroke (pen stroke)
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Beginning part of writing of a line that constitutes the character.
- Ending of a brushstroke (pen stroke)
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Ending part of writing of a line that constitutes the character.
- Character shape
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Shape of a written character.
- Character width
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Right and left width of a character.
- CJK font
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Font that corresponds to the three languages of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Block style
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One kind of typeface.
Each stroke of a character is written clearly and not in the cursive style.
The standard writing method taught at school in Japan currently. - Adobe-Japan1 (Character set)
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The character set standard specified for Japanese fonts by Adobe KK.
As of June 2021, it is defined from Abode Japan 1-0 to 1-7.
E-H
- Hen
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A generic term used for radicals on the left side.
- Inside space between strokes (Futokoro)
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Space between strokes that constitute a character.
- Hiragana
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Phonogram specific to Japan that constitutes writing kanji in the cursive style.
“あいう,” etc. - Horizontal typesetting
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Typesetting to arrange characters in a horizontal direction.
In Japanese, characters proceed from left to right, and lines proceed from top to bottom. - Glyph
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Characters included in a font or its shape.
The same character may have multiple glyphs, such as the full width character “ア” and half width character “ア.” - Family
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Font group created with a consistent design on the same concept.
Often, there are variations with different weight, character width, inclination, contrast, etc. within the group.
I-L
- Kamae
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A generic term for radicals used to cover the inside of a kanji.
- Kanmuri (crown)
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A generic term used for radicals located on the top of a kanji.
- Inside space between strokes (Futokoro)
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Space between strokes that constitute a character.
- Kanji
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Ideogram originating in China, also used in languages in the surrounding area.
“永東愛,” etc. - Katakana
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Phonogram specific to Japan that is made up by taking a part of kanji.
“アイウ,” etc. - Kana
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Characters used in Japanese notation, created based on kanji.
Kana mainly means hiragana and katakana today. - Latin alphabet
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Phonogram used centered in European languages including English.
- Japanese
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Japanese sentences. Or characters used in that notation.
- Leaving space between words
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“Leaving space between words” is a notation method to separate words and phrases with word spaces (blanks).
- Kerning information
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Information on adjusting space between characters for each glyph or combination of glyphs.
- Kana in small script
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Indicates a palatalized doubled consonant, etc.
Kana indicated in small characters, such as “ゃ” for “や.” - Imaginary body
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Square frame used to design each glyph.
M-P
- Nyou
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A generic term for radicals located from the left to the bottom right of a kanji.
- OpenType
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The font format is developed by Microsoft and Adobe. The retail fonts supplied by Type Project are all OpenType.
- Punchcutter
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A craftsman who cuts letter punches. A letter punch is an original mold used in making the concave shape mold that is to become a metal type used in letterpress printing. The letter part has a convex shape. Before mechanical engraving became popular, all letter punches were cut in full-scale and right and left reversed by hand.
- Parenthesis
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Punctuation mainly used in pair to enclose characters and sentences to distinguish them.
“「」『』(),” etc. - Punctuation mark
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文中や文末で使用し、文章の区切りを示す約物。
「、。」など。 - Mincho typeface
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One kind of typeface.
Features include thick vertical stroke, thin horizontal stroke, triangle ornament of the “uroko.”
Q-T
- Tare
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A generic term for radicals located from the top to the bottom left of a kanji.
- Self-Hosting
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In regard to web font, a website creator arranges and utilizes font data on a server.
- Radical
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One part of kanji.
Categorization can be made by meaning (水 (water), 糸 (string), 木 (wood)), position (偏 (side), 旁 (right-hand radical), 冠 (crown)), etc. - Typesetting
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Work to constitute paper space by combining type and illustration, or a type page.
- Solid typesetting
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Typesetting to arrange characters without narrowing or widening the space between imaginary bodies.
- Type face
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A frame one size smaller than an imaginary body.
Used as an indication to arrange character size. - Roman typeface
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One kind of typeface.
Features include an ornamental “serif” attached at the end of a stroke. - Sans-serif typeface
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One kind of typeface.
Unornamented stroke is a feature. - StdN (Character set)
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It is the standard Japanese character set Adobe-Japan 1-3 with the adoption of the JIS 2004 character shape.
U-Z
- x-height
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Literally, a term originating from the height of the lower case letter “x.” This forms the standard height for the lower case letters “a, c, e, x, z,” etc. in typeface design.
- Web Font
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Technology that enables displaying text on a web page in a specific font by reading font data from the internet.
- Written in kanji and kana
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Notation method in which kanji, hiragana, and katakana are mixed.
“この文章も漢字仮名交じり。” – This text is also written in kanji and kana. - Word space
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Blank inserted between words and phrases to separate them.
- Vertical typesetting
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Typesetting to arrange characters in a vertical direction.
In Japanese, characters proceed from top to bottom, and lines proceed from right to left. - Weight
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Thickness and thinness of a font.
At Type Project, “L, R, M, B, Blk,” etc. are attached in the font name for indication.