All characters of this gothic (sans-serif) typeface share strokes with clear straight lines, but the letter forms retain a suaveness and elegance. In contrast to its ideographs composed of simple, straight lines, as if designed with fragments of paper tape, the kana syllabic character design is based on an octagon. When set in this typeface, composed text will have visual strength and cheerfulness.
The ethos of Visual Design Laboratory (VDL) is to balance the natural beauty of letterforms with rigorous standards for readability and legibility. VDL offers a comprehensive collection known as “VDL Designers Fonts” (VDLデザイナーズフォント), which is sure to resonate with designers seeking a typeface that’s highly individual while maintaining a broad appeal.
JIS Character Coverage
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JISX0208
Specifies the most commonly used characters in Japanese, including 6,355 kanji and several hundred kana, punctuation, and other symbols.
Adobe Standard
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Adobe-Japan1-3
This font supports only the glyphs described in the glyph set standard finalized by Adobe in 1998, which includes pre-rotated forms for all glyphs that are not full-width.
Default Glyph Style
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JIS90
Uses the JIS 90 glyph variants by default. Example:
As with everything from Adobe Fonts, you can use these fonts for:
Design Projects
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PDFs
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How to Use
You may encounter slight variations in the name of this font, depending on where you use it. Here’s what to look for.
Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
{{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_family_name}} {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_subfamily_name}}Web
To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.font.web.weight}};
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
Fonts in the Adobe Fonts library include support for many different languages, OpenType features, and typographic styles.