Fontworks Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO Ai Harada, hereinafter referred to as Fontworks) announced the release of Fontworks Yo One (September 2023), the first original European font designed by Fontworks designers. To celebrate, we have created a Fonts booklet that allows you to understand the appeal of the typeface at a glance.

About Yo One

Yo One, a European typeface created by Fontworks Typeface Design Director Joachim Müller-Lancé, is a font system that systematizes the various variations of European typefaces along multiple axes, and is a superfamily of 156 fonts.

The Fontworks Yo One super family, a group of European typefaces, starts from a single glyph and develops into typefaces with different characteristics, such as the presence or absence of serifs, the strength of contrast, etc. Because it is a superfamily designed with unified rules, fonts with different characteristics, such as serifs and sans serifs, can be used together to maintain harmony. This typeface is also Recommended for situations where visual consistency is required, such as for branding.

It can be used at no additional charge with the annual flat-rate font service Fontworks LETS and Fontworks LETS for students.

Fontworks LETS: https://lets.fontworks.co.jp/

Joachim Müller-Lancé

Originally from Germany. Studied graphic design at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland and received high acclaim, winning first place in typography competitions in various countries including Japan.

He teaches at schools in several countries around the world, and has contributed articles and published works related to graphic design and typography in publications. In addition, he is in charge of information design and VI (visual identity) for several overseas companies.

In 2018, he worked as the European design director for YOON Design, a font manufacturer in Seoul.

In 2020, he joined Fontworks and assumed the role of typeface director for the current European fonts.

About Fonts book

To commemorate the release of the first original European typeface created by Fontworks designers, we have created a Yo One Fonts book.

This Fonts book is a must-have book for anyone who deals with a wide range of types, including design and documents. In addition to Fonts of the European font Yo One, we also provide a deep explanation of the characteristics of the typeface. Also included are suggestions for mixing Fontworks typefaces with Japanese text fonts, and visual pages for lithographic printing.
By comparing multiple fonts on paper, you can choose the typeface that is appropriate for the creative you want to create, and use it to create an image of the creative you want to create.

Up until now, Fontworks' Fonts books have been well received not only for their rich content but also for their carefully designed bindings. We have paid special attention to the cover and visual pages of this sample book so that it can support your creative activities.


*Risograph: Digital stencil printing based on the principle of ``stencil printing,'' a printing method in which minute holes are made in a screen-like plate and ink is pushed out onto the paper (Risograph is a registered trademark of Riso Kagaku Kogyo.)

Product Details

Yo One Fonts book
B5/42 pages of Text + visual page (lithographic printing) 8 pages
Price 2,500 yen (tax included) *Shipping included

You can purchase it at the following site.
*Products will be delivered approximately one week after ordering.

Fontworks BASE: https://fontworks.base.shop/