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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👉Links, Videos, Etc.

Check out the video about the history of the Nintendo font here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm5bL1mmbS4&t=1137s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm5bL1mmbS4&t=1137s

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