How a Brit ended up designing FONTS in Japan | Japan Station 176

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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