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…

A method of recomposing kanji and kana to different typesetting is often utilized in Japanese typesetting. As previously introduced in this blog, Mincho typeface is made of a composition bet…

Today, I would like to introduce “’Typeface’ is Created,” written by Akari Yuki. In an online panel discussion for the commemoration of publication (https://www.hanmoto.com/yyeve…

When there is text that cannot be displayed, a white square is displayed instead. The battle to eliminate this has been in progress for a long time, but many of you may have seen it. As its …

FitFont provided by Type Project is a design solution in which the parameters for weight, contrast, character width, etc. can be freely adjusted. Due to a feature in which the parameters for…