On this episode of Japan Station, we’re talking about the history of font design in Japan, the history of the Nintendo font and how Daniel Kaihatsu became a type face designer in Japan.
👉Topics Discussed
- Why Daniel Kaihatsu became interested in learning Japanese
- How Daniel Kaihatsu became interested in Japanese font design
- About doing research for videos in Japanese language
- About copyright and fair use in Japan
- About copyright and fair use for fonts in Japan
- About doing YouTube while working at a Japanese company
- How the Pop Happiness font sparked Daniel Kaihatsu’s interest in font design
- About creating an original font inspired by Pop Happiness
- About working on the “Showa” revival font
- About the history and development of the Japanese Nintendo logo (Marufuku logo)
- How designing the Show revival font helped Daniel Kaihatsu get a job as a font designer at a company in Japan
- About getting interviewed for a job at a Japanese font design company
- About kamon and kakujimon
- About the kakuji style
- About Edo era Japanese logos
- About the Edo period Nintendo/Marufuku logo
- About the Lawson logo
- About the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet logos
- How Japanese fonts are designed
- The difficulties of Japanese type design
- How long it can take to design a Japanese font
- And much more!
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