In May 2023 Apple rolled out Look Around expansions for Tokyo, Chiba, Kyoto and Osaka that covered all roads classified as public in those prefectures. These were the first prefectures […]
Japanese Typography
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Megyn Kelly had an interesting bit on her show recently on a subject I know absolutely nothing about: celebrity gossip and defamation. Basically the lawyer representing film director Justin Baldoni […]
Japanese Typography
Safari 17.4 Vertical Writing Modes won’t change a thing
WebKit got a significant upgrade with Safari 17.4 in the iOS 17.4/macOS 14.4 update. One new feature is Vertical Writing Modes, a new form control element that is part of […]
Japanese Typography
Raising the dead: Morisawa breathes life into the Sha-Ken font library
In January 2021, Morisawa and Sha-Ken announced they would ‘co-develop’ the Sha-Ken font library for OpenType (English press release here), due for release in 2024 in celebration of the Japanese […]
Japanese Typography
Inside Hiragino: A Closeup of Apple’s macOS Japanese Font
This article was originally published in Seybold Reports Volume 2, Number 18, December 2002 issue under the title, “Inside Hiragino: A Closeup of Apple’s OS X Japanese Font.” It contains […]
Japanese Typography
WWDC outlook for a San Francisco C+J+K Apple Font
This is not a WWDC23 prediction, but at some point Apple will certainly unveil a variable San Francisco CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean) system font to match the rest of the Apple SF […]