How does Japanese typesetting differ from Latin text? Explore differences in Japanese and Latin typeface design, horizontal and vertical settings, solid setting, and character widths.

Creating a font takes far more than designing characters. Discover how Morisawa brings ideas to life through research, planning, design development, character expansion, commercialization, inspection, evaluation, and release.

Even at the same point size, Hangul and Latin can look visually uneven. Explore how size, position, and typeface choices can create more natural, readable multiscript typography.

How does written Japanese work? Explore its unique combination of character types, their history, and the font character sets used in Japanese fonts.

A type designer at Morisawa shares how dialogue with clients, real-world testing, and continuous refinement shape custom typefaces that express a brand's voice.

Discover award-winning typefaces born from the Morisawa Type Design Competition - where experimental ideas evolve into refined font families.