Akira Tsuda from our development department will be on stage at the online Event "Text Information Trends Vol. 1" to be held by the Text Information Technology Promotion Council on March 25th (Monday).

This Event will feature four sessions in which experts will share and explain the latest trends in text, such as typeface design and fonts.

In Session 1, Tsuda will introduce the Character Information Technology Promotion Council's efforts regarding fonts, including the construction of an environment to maintain MJ fonts, with the theme of "MJ Font Trends."

<Akira Tsuda Profile>
Joined Fontworks Inc. in 2001. At the company, he is in charge of software development and research and development of functionality-oriented fonts. Development of font engine, Maijigata, GlyfPick, etc. Research and development of Universal Design fonts, ID fonts, etc.

Event summary

Date and time	Monday, March 25, 2024 14:00-17:00
Event format	Held online. Viewing via zoom (up to 100 people) or YoutubeLive (unlimited). Locations URL will be emailed to you around noon on the day of the seminar (March 25th).
Fee	free
Content	<Session 1: MJ Font Trend> MJ Font maintenance environment construction/Fontworks Akira Tsuda <Session 2: Pickup Trends> The People Who Created the Seeds of Type/Dainippon Printing Ai Sasaki <Session 3: Font format trends> Next OpenType font format/Yasuo Kida, former Apple Inc. <Session 4: Font Design Trends (Panel Discussion)> Moderator: SCREEN Yoichi Mitsuhashi, Panelists: Morisawa x Fontworks x Iwata
Organizer	Text Information Technology Promotion Council