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 […]
Japanese Typography
Refurbishing classic Japanese text for the digital age
One of my favorite work tasks is bringing classic Nichiren Shu Japanese texts into the digital age so they can be translated easily or republished using the latest print technologies […]
Japanese Typography
The curse of Japanese PostScript fonts will live on: outline your outlines
I have not used Adobe Illustrator much the past few years and certainly don’t use it enough to justify buying a Creative Suite subscription that only lasts 12 months. Recently […]
Japanese Typography
Japanese font use in international websites
Hello! I am doing a transportation design website + a map about trains. I am looking for a Japanese-latin typeface. Can you please recommend something, preferably free, but I am […]