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Shoko Mugikura

@shokojaf.bsky.social
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🇯🇵→🇬🇧→🇩🇪 Typographer and occasional type designer running Just Another Foundry (@justanotherfoundry.bsky.social) with @TimAhrens

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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy to be giving a talk on rounded sans in Japanese environmental typography once again – this time online for the Sign Design Society UK! 📅 15 October
 🕐 1–2 pm UK time Details & registration:
signdesignsociety.co.uk/event/rounde... 📷 My talk at Fontstand Conference. Photos by Norman Posselt
Photos from Shoko Mugikura's talk at Fontstand Conference 2026. Photos by Norman PosseltPhotos from Shoko Mugikura's talk at Fontstand Conference 2026. Photos by Norman PosseltPhotos from Shoko Mugikura's talk at Fontstand Conference 2026. Photos by Norman Posselt
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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you would like to be notified when the reprint becomes available, please send an email to the address listed on the book’s website: justanotherfoundry.com/size-specifi...
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Just Another Foundry – Size-specific adjustments to type designs
The aim of this book is to determ­ine prin­ciples under­ly­ing the design of optical sizes, with a view to giving useful advice to prac­ti­tion­ers who wish to design such sizes for their own fonts.
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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📣 News from JAF! “Size-specific Adjustments to Type Designs” is coming back. After two years out of print, we are preparing a reprint, planned for later in 2026. Stay tuned for updates!
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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We (Just Another Foundry) are happy to have played a small part – consulting on the design of the Latin characters – in this beautiful Japanese type family from @iwata_font: Iwata Tsuzuri, a new handwritten Japanese typeface. www.iwatafont.co.jp/tsuzuri/
Japanese typeface Iwata TsuzuriJapanese typeface Iwata TsuzuriJapanese typeface Iwata TsuzuriJapanese typeface Iwata Tsuzuri
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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Two excellent Japanese type designers, Ikumi Honda and Yui Yoshitomi, are hosting a lecture and workshop this May. Opportunities like this are quite rare – dedicated type designers in Japan don’t often have time to teach beginners – so don’t miss this chance.
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Words of Type
Words of Type Events offer a series of lectures and workshops with various topics about typography and typeface design, in English and other languages, hosted on the WoT community.
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YUKI Akari | 雪 朱里 @yukiakari.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
神保町の古本まつりで買った1934(昭和9)年の尋常小学校6年生用の図画の教科書。いい装飾文字、習ってますねえ。ポスターの描き文字もよい。「レタリング」の言葉は載っておらず。 #よい文字
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 20/04/2026
On Fontstand News, Mikina Dimunová reflects on the Fontstand Conference that took place a little more than a week ago in Berlin. For those of you who couldn’t make it, hopefully this will give you a feel for the presentations. fontstand.com/news/design-...
Francesco Franchi opened the conference with his presentation about news design on Friday night. Photo: Norman Posselt.Ariane Spanier presented the process behind several of her recent projects, including a series of artistic statements about borders, designed to conceal a museum-construction site on Berlin’s Kulturforum. Photo: Norman Posselt.Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich from the Berlin design bureau Moniteurs spoke about work they had undertaken for several airports, including Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which many attendees traveled through. Photo: Norman Posselt.On Saturday morning, David Pearson gave attendees a look into his process behind the design of several book covers. Photo: Norman Posselt.
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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Two excellent Japanese type designers, Ikumi Honda and Yui Yoshitomi, are hosting a lecture and workshop this May. Opportunities like this are quite rare – dedicated type designers in Japan don’t often have time to teach beginners – so don’t miss this chance.
wordsoftype.com
Words of Type
Words of Type Events offer a series of lectures and workshops with various topics about typography and typeface design, in English and other languages, hosted on the WoT community.
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 14/04/2026
Last year, we conducted an independent survey focused on font use and licensing. More than 1,300 respondents participated from a wide community of designers and other font users, and we have now published a short article plus the full survey results on Fontstand News: fontstand.com/news/design-...
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What font users actually want: findings from Fontstand 2025 survey
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 24/03/2026
19 tickets left for the Fontstand Conference in Berlin. If you’ve been on the fence — this is the nudge. 👉 fontstand.com/conference
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Fontstand International Typography Conference 2026, Berlin, Germany
Fontstand’s sixth annual Typography Conference is coming to Berlin! Join world-class type designers and typographers from around the world for a packed two...
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Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Fans of round sans around the world – come join my talk! I’ll be sharing rich visuals and taking a closer look at the details, history, and cultural context of round sans in Japan. 😃🇯🇵
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Words of Type @wordsoftype.com · 05/02/2026
New lecture coming soon! Japanese Writing System: History and Type Design, with Ikumi Honda (Iwata Corporation) and Yui Yoshitomi (Type Project) May 2, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CEST Online, in English 20€ More info & tickets at wordsoftype.com
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Words of Type @wordsoftype.com · 06/02/2026
Next workshop! Introduction to Japanese Type Design with Ikumi Honda (Iwata Corporation) and Yui Yoshitomi (Type Project) 3-sessions workshop May 9, 16, and 23, 2026 9:00 am to 1:00 pm CEST Online, in English 330€ This workshop is limited to 10 participants max. 🎟️ at wordsoftype.com
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Just Another Foundry @justanotherfoundry.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
20 years after its first release, JAF Lapture gets updated and expanded! The new version includes Black and Condensed styles, as well as Cyrillics. justanotherfoundry.com/lapture
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Just Another Foundry – JAF Lapture
JAF Lapture is based on the Leipziger Antiqua typeface, originally designed by Albert Kapr and released in 1971 by the East German foundry Typoart. It has distinctive characteristics that combine elem...
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 24/01/2025
Exactly 7 weeks remain until the annual Fontstand International Typography Conference in The Hague. Don’t miss your chance to connect with world-class type designers and typographers! Check out the schedule and register now at fontstand.com/conference/2.... #fontstandcon2025
The speakers of the Fontstand Conference 2025.
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