We asked Mr. Kuwahara, the designer, about the appeal of the handwritten typeface "Cook Hand".

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Popular in anime and manga gospel" Cook Hand", the latest typeface by Type Designers Kuwahara.

The smooth and familiar touch that does not have a strong habit fits exactly where you want to express the feeling of handwriting, such as "recipe" or "customer's voice", and the characteristic design of the slouch is familiar to the user. Will also give you

This time, we asked Mr. Kuwahara, the Type Designers, about the design concept of the typeface "Cook Hand", the motive behind the production, and the secret story of birth.

▲" Cook Hand" typeface sample
▲" Cook Hand" typeface sample

Opportunity for producing "Cook Hand"

I'm always overwhelmed by the exaggeration of the typeface design concept, etc., but in the first place it was a small handwritten recipe like "Today's Menu" distributed at a supermarket in the neighborhood. The letters displayed there were comfortable and the touch was casual and familiar. While looking at these notes, I feel that it is a modest but essence of life to cook and enjoy a meal that is a little different from usual, so I wish I had a handwritten typeface that would be close to my everyday life and decided to make it. It was.

"Cook Hand" design concept

▲ Sumidari with sharp edges formed by intersecting dot paintings

The sharp edges formed by the intersection of the stipples have a crevice to give a slightly softer impression. However, it is also a mood, and it is not a ruled process that must be decided at a certain place. Loose is a loose typeface.

I wrote the recipe memo as an opportunity to create a typeface earlier, but nowadays I think that I will cook while checking recipes on smartphones and tablet PCs instead of paper media such as prints. In that sense, I created each character carefully so that it would not be difficult to read even if it was loose, and carefully arranged the stipples. As a result, the miscellaneous taste has fallen and the taste has faded.

Did you come up with it about four years ago? After that, I started to practice my handwriting. It is strange to practice my own writing, but I practiced my own writing with a pencil or ballpoint pen for about an hour every day.

I feel like I can't get rid of it when I write it by hand, and if I keep writing it, it becomes a lot of nuisances and hard to read. In order to make it a typeface, it is necessary to pack some processing. So, what I practiced is my own character, not really.

The letters are slanted to the left with a slightly slanted design overall. It was produced assuming that it will be used in horizontal writing mode.

"Cook + Hand" = "Cook Hand"

Is "flavor" or something, food and characters surprisingly close to each other? I also like the typeface name "Cook Hand" because it is like cooking or writing and thinking about the hand. However, it is not a typeface that is particular about cooking. Feel free to use it to represent everyday things.


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Profile of Takayuki Kuwahara

Digital font designer / engineer
Born in Shizuoka City in 1955. In 1977, Tatsuji Kato presided over Tokyo Ginza Namiki Studio, Iwanami Mincho, and began training in precision lettering. After leaving the company in 1986, he mainly produced dot fonts for Sony AV equipment.

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