TsukuGo (N specification) D

筑紫ゴシック（N仕様） D

About fonts

TsukuGo has been developed based on the consistency of design with TsukuMin family released in 2003. It is used in a wide range of applications, including books, magazines, catalogs, and leaflets, and emphasizes the texture of the characters so that it can be used in cases where elegance is required. It is a gothic family of 8 weights designed to be optimal for Text, captions, Heading, and large Heading. The style of TsukuGo combines modern sharpness and clean hardness with classic taste and softness, making it orthodox yet refreshing to the viewer. While emphasizing the "homogeneity and symmetry" that is the mainstream of modern typeface design, it does not lose sight of the fact that "characters are conceived and created while writing by hand," and like TsukuMin Mincho, it allows the hand movement (movement) of "writing" to be expressed frankly in the characters themselves. The ability to see the movement of "writing" is the source of expressive power, which is the mission of basic typefaces to "vividly highlight the meaning of the text." TsukuGo was born from a reexamination of the fundamentals of design, such as the mission and role of Gothic typefaces that can express the modern era, in each of the actions of creating, using, and reading a typeface.
*N specification: A specification with character shapes that correspond to JIS X 0213:2004 (commonly known as JIS2004).

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designer

Shigenobu Fujita

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Details

How to read
Horsetail plaster
Font maker
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Language:
Japanese
category
Gothic
standard
JIS X 0213: 2004
Character Sets
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file size
5MB
OpenType function
Character width Half-width metric (halt)
Kerning
Proportional metrics (palt)
Vertical type width half-width metrics (vhal)
Vertical pair kerning (vkrn)
Vertical Proportional Metrics (vpal)
Typesetting / decomposition (ccmp)
Any ligature (dlig)
Fraction (frac)
Single-width double-byte character (fwid)
Kana for horizontal writing (hkna)
Mono-width half-width character (hwid)
Italic
JIS78 character shape (jp78)
JIS83 character shape (jp83)
JIS90 character shape (jp90)
General ligatures / standard ligatures (liga)
Modified glyph (nalt)
Standard print font (nlck)
Proportional kana (pkna)
Proportional glyphs (pwid)
Monospaced quartet (qwid)
Glyph for ruby
Subscript
Superscript (sups)
Old font (trad)
Monospaced triplet (twid)
Vertical type (vert)
Kana for vertical assembly (vkna)

Glyph

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Font family4 Styles

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TsukuGo (N specification) M
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OTF TTF
AJ 1-6 AJ 1-5 AJ 1-4 AJ 1-3
Pr6 Pr6N Pr5 Pr5N Pro ProN Std StdN
L ● ● ● ●
R ● ● ● ●
M ● ● ● ●
D ● ● ● ●

Ligature

  • General ligatures / standard ligatures (liga)
  • Glyph depending on context (calt)
  • Any ligature (dlig)

letter

  • Small Caps (smcp)
  • Uppercase small caps (c2sc)
  • Swash-shaped (swsh)
  • Design variations (salt)

Number

  • Lining number (lnum)
  • Old Styles numbers (onum)
  • Proportional number (pnum)
  • Monospaced numbers (tnum)
  • Fraction (frac)
  • Superscript ordinal notation (ordn)

Set of designs

  • Design set 01-20 (ss ##)

Glyphs with different widths

  • Proportional glyphs (pwid)
  • Proportional metrics (palt)
  • Proportional kana (pkna)
  • Single-width double-byte character (fwid)
  • Mono-width half-width character (hwid)
  • Character width Half-width metric (halt)
  • Monospaced triplet (twid)
  • Monospaced quartet (qwid)

Culturally different glyphs

  • JIS78 character shape (jp78)
  • JIS83 character shape (jp83)
  • JIS90 character shape (jp90)
  • JIS2004 character shape (jp04)
  • Old font (trad)
  • Glyph for ruby
  • Kana for horizontal writing (hkna)
  • Standard print font (nlck)
  • Modified glyph (nalt)
  • Italic

Vertical writing function

  • Vertical pair kerning (vkrn)
  • Vertical type (vert)
  • Vertical Proportional Metrics (vpal)
  • Vertical type width half-width metrics (vhal)
  • Kana for vertical assembly (vkna)

Other

  • Kerning
  • Typesetting / decomposition (ccmp)
  • Localized glyphs (locl)
  • Superscript (sups)
  • Subscript

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