Kanji can be grouped by radical. Radicals are a part of kanji. For example, “焼, 炊, and 炒” are all kanji with a common radical. This radical is “火” when it is written alone. As the part on th…

It has been previously explained that the OpenType features have GPOS (making adjustments by moving the glyph position) and GSUB (replacing the glyph). Starting here, and over the next sever…

At this time, I prepared a sample illustration of recomposition that can be done by using the TP Sky series. Although all kanji characters are the same, kana characters are recomposed to hig…

Today, I would like to introduce “SANS SERIF,” written by Cees W. De Jong. In this book, more than 30 types of major sans serif typefaces from 1900 to around 2000 are picked out and introduc…

Previously, I introduced “W-” and “W+” as simplified checking with red pencil. I would like to introduce checking with red pencil for alphabet characters at this time. “S” means size, and th…

The FitFont simulator in the Type Project website corresponds to not only the recomposition of Japanese and Latin, but also the recomposition of kanji and kana. Regarding the fitting procedu…

The OpenType features have a function to “make adjustment by moving the glyph position” and another function to “replace the glyph.” The former is called GPOS and the latter is called GSUB. …

At Type Project, checking with red pencil and correction are repeated many times to improve the quality of font. In this new series, I would like to pick out some checking with red pencil fr…

When recomposing kanji and kana to a different font, different systems may be combined, such as Mincho typeface and san-serif typeface. In such cases, it is easy to blend them to fit in when…

For example, the shapes of the small script “ゃ,” and the prolonged sound mark “ー” differ when the character string of “にゃー” is placed in horizontal typesetting and vertical typesetting. As i…

Today, I would like to introduce the collection of “dots” for characters from the Type Project Instagram posts. A “dot” is a small element in the character, but it precisely shows the identi…

Today, I would like to introduce SST JP as an example of the recomposition of kanji and kana in Type Project. SST is a corporate font that was developed jointly by Sony Corporation and Monot…

The most important feature of FitFont is to provide Japanese font that perfectly fits the Latin font. Of course, a variable font can be utilized in such usage. However, a variable font canno…

There was a setting to output a font after replacing a glyph with an error in original data to an icon called “eyeball” in the past work environment in our company. It has a sinister appeara…