Fontworks Inc. Announcement that it has received the [Tokyo TDC Award 2018 Type Design Award] for its flagship font "Tsukushi Typeface".
What is the Tokyo TDC Award?
The Tokyo TDC Award is a type design competition sponsored by the voluntary organization "Tokyo Typo Directors Club" in 1987 for the purpose of further research and study of visual expression of letters and visual communication.
Official site: http://tdctokyo.org/jpn/
Award winning works
[Tokyo TDC Award 2018 Type Design Award]
Chikushi typeface (second term)
Tsukushi Old Gothic B
Tsukushi Antique Gothic-B
Tsukushi Antique Mincho-L
Chikushi Q Mincho-L
Chikushi A Vintage Mincho-R
Chikushi B Vintage Mincho-R
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. Not only the beauty of each character, but also the beauty that characters breathe when they are typeset, sets them 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.
The second term of "Chikushi typeface", which was awarded this time, refers to the typefaces provided since Tsukushi Old Gothic. It is the "Mincho type and Gothic type that has never existed before", which is characterized by "the tightly squeezed futokoro" and "the elasticity of Harai", which can be said to be the true value of the Tsukushi typeface. The novelty that overturns the conventional concept of typeface design has a strong impact and catches the heart.
Regarding the Tokyo TDC Award, we have also received the [2010 Tokyo TDC Award] in "Tsukushi Old Mincho" and "Tsukushimaru Gothic".
Fontworks' Chikushi typeface series can be used with the annual flat-rate font service "LETS".