Fontworks has jointly developed a Chinese (Simplified) font of Fontworks typeface with a Chinese font maker, Beijing North Digital Electronics Co., Ltd.
As the first step, "Tsukushi A Old Mincho" and "Pearl" in simplified characters are now available from Hosei Denshi. It will be provided in Japan in order from summer 2020.
Japanese fonts such as "Tsukushi typeface series" have received high attention from the Chinese design community due to their high quality, and we have actually received requests from Chinese game production companies.
Response to the growing of this demand, to establish a cooperative relationship Founder electrons and font Works with about 90 percent market share in China, from 2019 Simplified font development, the two companies Type Designers of the findings of the original, the Founder electronic Type Designers typefaces that have been created by, began to develop in a way that our designers are supervised.
While keeping the beauty of the design of Japanese fonts, we simplified the characters based on the Chinese national character norms of mainland China, so we can develop games and embedded products for mainland China with the same design as the Japanese version. I will.
The simplified fontworks typefaces will be developed and provided in China as "Zhuzi Book Series" with a total of 31 fonts in 9 families.
The Chinese of the typeface, Tsukushi A Old Mincho is "Founder FW Tsukushi A old Ming", Pearl is named "Founder FW Chintamatai", Character Sets corresponding to the Chinese character code GB2312 (※) doing.
*GB2312 can be used as an image in printed materials such as Advertisement and Packaging, games and Video.
History and characteristics of the development of "Hosho FW Chikushi A Ryo Mincho"
The simplified font "Hosho FW Chikushi A Old Mincho" was adjusted based on the Japanese font Tsukushi A Old Mincho to the character form of the Chinese national character standard as follows.
- Adjusting the corner
- Normalization and optimization of strokes
- Adjusting the center of gravity, margin, character face, and character weight (ratio of vertical and horizontal strokes) of the entire font
- Production/complementation of simplified characters missing from the original font
Layout with different weights and character sizes
Characters written in four-letter idioms and person introductions
Adjusting the design according to the writing pattern of the Chinese national script
As an example, in the case of Simplified characters for "Spring", the right center stroke is adjusted shorter and the left side of "Flower" is extended to balance the center of gravity of the letters.
In addition, the two strokes of "Ryu" are lined up in one stroke, and the women's bias of "good" is made into one stroke, in line with the writing style of the national script. In addition, in "Ya", we adjusted the broken line part of the light to adjust the 2 strokes to 1 stroke, and the horizontal line in Hanai to the dots and splashes to adjust the 2 locations.
As a result, we have realized a font design that is easy to read in Chinese while maintaining the quality of Tsukushi A Old Mincho.
Complements the necessary radicals, peculiarities, and “creation” for supporting simplified Chinese characters
In "Hosho FW Chikushi A Old Mincho", we designed a new simplified character that is not included in Tsukushi A Old Mincho. In the figure below, we have developed a new product based on the Japanese version of the design and style of "Radical", "Hen", and "Tsukuri" that are shown in gray. Meet the standardization requirements.
A wide variety of weights supports various applications
"Hosho FW Chikushi A Ryo Mincho" has 6 weights of L/R/M/D/B/E, and can support various media, Font Size and content levels.
It is possible to develop games and other services/products in Chinese without compromising the world view.
A font with high quality and flexibility, and excellent readability
"Hosho FW Chikushi Lao Mincho" is a high-quality song that combines the aesthetics of print and a modern aesthetic, as well as digital content such as websites, mobile phones, and games, as well as Advertisement and Packaging design. It is a typeface that can create a high class and elegant atmosphere for various purposes such as book binding.
It is also visually readable and well readable in layouts with different size characters.
"Founder FW Tsukushi A old Ming Dynasty" under and became Tsukushi A Old Mincho
Tsukushi A Old Mincho is the old Styles Mincho typeface of "Chikushi typeface". It is a typeface that is characterized by beautifully typed, fluffy, and fluttering. A part of the kanji design of Tsukushi Old Mincho released in 2008 has been redesigned to be more flexible, and a new typeface family with 6 weights has been added. By adopting a garamon-based design for alphanumeric characters, the Kanji/Kana style of writing with rich expressiveness is alive.
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Hosho FW Chikushi A For more information on Simplified fonts other than the Lao Ming Dynasty, please see the website of Beijing Beitai Electronics Co., Ltd.
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