Tokyo CityFont began when it was provided as a typeface by Nippon Design Center for indicating town blocks. With a focus on the theme ‘stylishness,’ the font features moderate modulation and…

Today, I would like to introduce “Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana – History of Japanese Notation,” written by Shinji Konno The content explains Japanese notation up to written in kanji a…

“Leaving space between words” used in English and other languages is not done in Japanese. “Leaving space between words” serves the function of separating words and phrases with word spaces …

*This article is created based on a presentation given at ATypI 2019 Tokyo.（https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va0NnxdgrqA） The term “artificial intelligence” or “AI” is becoming increasingly c…

There are various italic designs from those in which regular is inclined almost mechanically to those that are much more organic than regular with movement. Depending on the application and …

There are many kana in texts, but there are many types of kanji characters. In the Japan’s compulsory education, students learn approximately 2,000 kanji characters. Furthermore, much more k…

It was mentioned in the previous article that information is differentiated by combining regular and the application of italic. Due to such application, both regular and italic are usually i…

In the current Japanese kanji-kana notations, approximately 60 to 70% of texts become kana in many cases. As there are only forty-six basic characters for hiragana and katakana, respectively…

Today, I would like to introduce “Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age,” written by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. It is a visual book of a collection of scripts drawn i…

Type Project released Hama Mincho Italic in 2020.Although italic is a typeface style less familiar in Japan, it frequently appears in books, dictionaries, etc. in several language areas that…

The basic of the current Japanese notations is “written in kanji and kana” in which the three character types of kanji, hiragana, and katakana are used in mixture. Kanji is an ideogram origi…

A blog has been started to post on issues related to typeface by Type Project designers and engineers.A wide range of contents are planned, including trivia regarding typeface design and typ…