Fontworks Inc. (Headquarters: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, CEO: Ai Harada, hereinafter "Font Works") is with SoftBank Group Corp. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masayoshi Son) SoftBank Robotics Corp. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Fumihide Tomizawa) uses robots to support programming education for children as a social contribution activity "Pepper Social Contribution Program 2" Helped upgrade the programming tool "Robo Blocks" provided by. Announcement that Fontworks fonts have been adopted for the new function of displaying characters on the display on Pepper's chest.
*Display image on programming tool "Robo Blocks"
About the adoption of Fontworks font
Fontworks fonts are used in the "text display block" that displays the text on the display on the chest of Pepper.
For details on the programming tool "Robo Blocks", please refer to Pepper Social Contribution Program 2.
I hope you will learn through programming that you can increase the amount of information that can be conveyed and change the impression of the reader by using 15 different fonts depending on the scene and the content of the dialogue.
Adopted fontworks font
* The typeface name has been changed for Robo Blocks education so that children can easily select it. Contact Us us for the actual font name.
What is Pepper Social Contribution Program?
As a social contribution activity, SoftBank Group Corp. and SoftBank Robotics Co., Ltd. are programs that support the provision of programming education using Pepper to children, who will play a leading role in the future where humans and robots coexist.
Click here for details: https://www.softbankrobotics.com/jp/product/academy/