With Unicode adding more and more useless emoji, and seemly doing little else, it’s time to ask an important question: what the fuck is the Unicode Consortium supposed to be […]
Japanese Typography
Japanese Text Layout for the Future* (hint: there isn’t one)
I finally had time to catch Adobe Nat McCully’s ATypl Tokyo 2019 presentation. He covers a topic I have covered many times before: the (sad) state of CJK typography. As […]
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Tokyo Olympics Apple Maps: Death by Point of Interest
Apple tells Engadget Japan reporter Masaichi Honda that Apple Maps Japan will be ready for the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2020. Apple Maps will have robust indoor maps […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Japanese Typography - Maps - Signage - Transit
WWDC19 iOS 13 Apple Maps Wish List
There were very few Apple Maps rumors for WWDC this year, only one little paragraph from Mark Gurman <with comments>: An updated Maps app will make it easier to set […]
Japanese Buddhism - Maps - Signage
Why does Google Maps discriminate against Buddhist Temples?
Dear Google Maps Team, I have noticed recently that Google Maps in Japan has stopped using the traditional Manji 卍 character for marking Buddhist temples and has substituted a plain […]
Apple - Japanese Typography
Fix the rice emoji Apple, it’s gross
Many Japanese have pointed out this already, but the Apple rice emoji is just gross. The rice doesn’t look like cooked rice, it’s grey and unfit for human consumption, like […]
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