In the last few weeks I was in Japan. I am now convinced that my soft spot for rounded sans comes from growing up in Japan: rounded sans is really everywhere.

Unlike in the West, where rounded sans is mostly used to express friendliness or “fun”, in Japan rounded sans is very often the voice of authorities.

At first glance I read this as イロメイロメ (i-ro-me i-ro-me) instead of TOX TOX. Living in Europe for the last 20 years doesn’t seem to have overridden my Japanese identity. One’s mother tongue wins.

Hello typographers and type designers! I would really like to read these books on Chinese typography. Does anyone know if there is an online shop selling them? itsnicethat.com/articles/the-t…

Paul Hanslow Thanks for the info! I really appreciate it. I was just told that this UK shop still sells the copies👇 counter-print.co.uk/products/the-t…

The crowdfunding campaign is NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Check out the story of the project, info, rewards to contributions, and more on kickstarter.com/projects/hello… GO GO GO #typography #typeface #typedesign #encyclopedia #design #graphicdesign

Am 10.10. werde ich versuchen, einen 60-minütigen Vortrag auf Deutsch zu halten (Ich brauche Bier unbedingt vor und nach dem Vortrag🍺🍺🍺). Es wäre schön, wenn viele von Euch offline & online dabei sein könnten! tgm-online.de/programm/veran…

It is like Sachplakat Letting . . . but more modern ilovetypography.com/2023/10/05/ste…

Steven Heller falls in love with JAF Herb, a tightly spaced, contemporary blackletter with a brush-script vibe. New on the ILT Blog: ilovetypography.com/2023/10/05/ste…

I just backed Words of Type by Lisa Huang 黄丽莎! wordsoftype.com #wordsoftype

Because we feel like it, we are making Just Another Cooking Spoons again😋 Tim is going to bring some to the #dynamicfontday this Saturday! #JAFHerb

“Antik” (1 of 2), Type for Graphic Designers, compiled by Grigory Filippovich Klikushin, Minsk, 1979.

Last month, I visited a fantastic Japanese typographic design exhibition at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo. If you’ll be in Tokyo soon, I highly recommend a visit. You can find a brief write-up about it on Fontstand News: fontstand.com/news/design-ne…

After visiting a fantastic Japanese typographic design exhibition at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo, Shoko Mugikura prepared a brief write-up about it on Fontstand News for all of us! It runs through March 10, 2024. fontstand.com/news/design-ne…

JAF Domus に（やっとこさ）イタリック体追加しました✨ justanotherfoundry.com/domus

Kenji Itakura and Shu Kanbayashi are part of Japan’s last generation of sign painters. Shoko Mugikura interviewed them, and you can read about their work – and see it, too – on Fontstand News. fontstand.com/news/essays/ja…

この本の日本語版どうしても出したい！と、出版先未定のまま完全なるフライングで翻訳作業を山崎秀貴さん（山崎秀貴）と始めたのが2016年。『ディテール・イン・タイポグラフィ』、3刷目の重版となりました🙌 即使える知識も、じわじわ効いてくる知識も両方詰まってます。