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Chinese Typeface Simulating Roman
Posted by quadibloc in
31 Aug 2012 — 3:18pm
31 Aug 2012 — 3:18pm
This is just a display face,
http://www.fonts.com/font/dynacomware/df-shi-yi-simplified-chinese/gb-w-7
not the serious attempt to develop a new paradigm for Chinese characters that I remember seeing somewhere from Adobe, but it's the first one I've encountered in this category after losing that one even so.
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31 Aug 2012 — 3:49pm
I have no idea what it means, but I absolutely love it. The letterforms are delightfully playful: it makes me want to learn Mandarin…
3 Sep 2012 — 1:02pm
"New" is relative. I think this sort of display style has been around for decades now. I can't speak for the Chinese characters, but a similar approach to the Korean alphabet looks quite dated (70s?).
4 Sep 2012 — 5:43am
Second line, fifth character from the left: that is ONE HAPPY GUY, whatever the hell the ideogram means. IMHO...
Anyone know the Chinese, Japanees and Korean characters for "I love fonts"?
4 Sep 2012 — 10:38am
Chinese — 我爱字体
6 Sep 2012 — 9:09am
By the one happy guy did you mean "算"? Well, it means "compute, calculate".
In Chinese(Traditional), "I love font" is "我愛字體".
6 Sep 2012 — 9:12am
Oh, and in case you wonder what "Shi Yi" means: it's 饰(decoration) and 艺(art). Well, I don't know what they exactly mean when put together, but you get the idea...