08-04-2012, 05:37 AM
mmmmmmngh yeah, sorry about that. :X
But so yeah, what I meant to say is that if possible, try to keep all characters thick. None of the original japanese glyphs are that thin completely, just barely partially.
Take a look at any non-grotesque typeface. This is Adobe Garamond's e. The reason of why there's fat parts and thin parts is because before modern age, fonts were (well, many still are) designed by hand, using calligraphic brushes. Check this out:
![[Image: UoJuk.png]](http://i.imgur.com/UoJuk.png)
hope that makes sense
i'm not saying that DESIGN A NEW FONT fdshgfdsfg but try to keep all characters consistent. i'll take readability and aesthetics over looking-like-the-original-ness.
AWESOME YEAH
But so yeah, what I meant to say is that if possible, try to keep all characters thick. None of the original japanese glyphs are that thin completely, just barely partially.
Take a look at any non-grotesque typeface. This is Adobe Garamond's e. The reason of why there's fat parts and thin parts is because before modern age, fonts were (well, many still are) designed by hand, using calligraphic brushes. Check this out:
hope that makes sense
i'm not saying that DESIGN A NEW FONT fdshgfdsfg but try to keep all characters consistent. i'll take readability and aesthetics over looking-like-the-original-ness.
AWESOME YEAH