Fontworks Inc. Announcement that it has won the 2017 Good Design Award for its flagship font "Tsukushi Typeface Series".
The winning of the Good Design Award will be exhibited on the official website and will be exhibited at the Good Design Exhibition 2017 (G Exhibition), which will be held from November 1, 2017 in Tokyo Midtown.
What is the Good Design Award?
The Good Design Award aims to lead our lives to industry and society as a whole by enriching our lives by selecting and awarding "good design" from the events that are being developed. Is a “comprehensive design recommendation system” sponsored by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
The mother of this was the Good Design Product Selection System (commonly known as the G mark system), which was established by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) in 1957, and has been implemented for about 60 years since then. It covers all areas of design, with approximately 1,200 awards each year and approximately 44,000 in 60 years. In addition, it is permitted to put a "G mark" on the design that won the Good Design Award. The "G mark" has continued to play its role as an indicator of "good design" for more than half a century since its establishment.
Good Design Award Official Website: http://www.g-mark.org
About "Tsukushi typeface series"
"Tsukushi typeface series" is a flagship font that is representative of Fontworks. We offer a rich lineup of Mincho, Gothic, Maru Gothic, Heading and newspaper typefaces.
The most distinctive feature of the "Tsukushi typeface series" is the design that incorporates newness while reproducing the blurring of metal typefaces, and the glyph design that makes use of the original shape of the letters, rather than being homogeneous, is "nostalgia" and "warmth". To give the viewer a sense of nostalgia. In addition, the novelty that overturns the conventional concept of typeface design has a strong impact and catches the heart.
Not only the beauty of each character, but also the beauty that the characters breathe when combined, sets it apart from conventional digital fonts.
It is a rare typeface that gives a "luxury" and "tension" to any medium, from paper media to digital content.
Fontworks' Chikushi typeface series can be used with the annual flat-rate font service "LETS".
Chikushi Fonts book 2016
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Evaluation by the judges
In the Chikushi typeface series, we are particular about the goodness of the metal type used in the past, and sublimate it into a design that matches the current era. There are many variations such as Mincho and Gothic. It is said that the characters are not in print, but designers can rely on them in this era, when not only paper media such as books and newspapers, but also the chances of touching characters such as monitors of digital devices are increasing.
Fontworks' Chikushi typeface series can be used with the annual flat-rate font service "LETS".