Koeisha is involved in the publication and printing of more than 100 publications and materials per month, mainly monthly magazines, magazines, and books. Through these connections, we have now established relationships across various industries, from many printing and output centers to various manufacturers. In order to facilitate these relationships between companies, not only we, but many platemaking and printing companies have focused on making the editing and output environments, such as App and fonts, on the creator (production) side and the recipient (output) side equal.

Limiting the editing and output environment leads to improved production efficiency and trouble-free output. While having this "common environment" is important for printing companies, it also creates restrictions on each other, such as "use within a certain framework." Efficiency and safety restrict free thinking and realistic proposals. I think this tendency is particularly evident when it comes to fonts.

We consider not only paper and ink, but also fonts and App to be the "materials" of printing and publishing. Therefore, we have introduced more than 600 Japanese and Western fonts so that our work will not be restricted by a lack of fonts. This is because it allows us not only to "output as is" the data submitted, but also to "select and propose fonts" according to the client's productions and the target work content.

Nowadays, many fonts are sold by many font manufacturers, and it is true that there are fonts that are lined up side by side, or that there are typefaces that can be substituted. This could be said to be a "harmful effect of having too many." One of the selling points of Fontworks' "LETS" is the "large number of typefaces," which may tend to be seen as a "harmful effect of having too many." In addition to the large number of font types available, there is also an aspect to this time when the price is more important than the quality of the typeface.

However, in these times, I think it is important for creators to have a typeface that has a high degree of freedom and that they want to use. There are many typefaces I would like to use in Fontworks' "LETS". Also, new typefaces are provided every year, and there are typefaces I would like to use, such as "NewRodin" and "NewCezanne", which are "New Typefaces of 2002", and "New Typefaces of 2003".
I am particularly intrigued by the new "Mincho font for Heading" that will be released this year. This font has an old-Styles design, but it doesn't feel old-fashioned, and rather feels "new." Looking at it, I have ideas of how it could be used for various things, and I'm looking forward to it.

I think that many good fonts will be released in the future from various manufacturers. I think that one way to do this is to limit the fonts you use from the standpoint of efficiency and safety, but I would like to actively use good fonts that have been released (or will be released).

For this reason, I have high hopes for the upcoming release of the "LETS font."