I wrote the foreword for a new book titled Type Player 2 published in the Americas by Gingko Press and in Asia by Sandu Media.

Wordshape fonts are now being carried by FontDeck.

Wordshape fonts are now being distributed by ITC/Monotype.

We’ll be attending Zine’s Mate / The Tokyo Art Book Fair under our guise as Wordshape, type foundry/publisher/distributor on the 16th, 17th & 18th of July at 3331 Arts in Chiyoda. More info here.

The Wordshape booth will have loads of rare and hard-to-find books and projects published by Microcosm, Sound Screen Design, A Few Warm Stones, Seibundo Shinkosha (Idea Magazine), Hot/Cold Press, Dill Pickle Club, Bathysphere Books, Scout Books and more! Come on by!

My new typefaces for Onitsuka Tiger, Kirimomi Swash and Kirimomi Sans are now available via MyFonts for FREE.

Kiyonori Muroga and I wrote the introduction for Idea Magazine’s latest book, Design of Manga, Anime & Light Novels, available here. The book is a collection of exciting packaging and editorial design for otaku-centric endeavors.

I’ll be presenting at TypeCon in New Orleans on Saturday July 9th at 2pm.
Details:
http://www.typecon.com/program

Two FREE fonts published via Néojaponisme X Onitsuka Tiger. You can download them here.

I have two new essays in the latest issue of Germany’s Slanted Magazine. One essay is a retrospective on the work of the late Japanese designer Kiyoshi Awazu while the second is the fourth installment in my series on Japanese typography. This time around I talk about kanji, linguistic development and the modification of kanji using kana.

Tokyo folks can find Slanted at Logos bookstore in Parco 2, situated in the basement.

Wordshape webfonts are now offered with WebINK, the hosted webfont service from Extensis (makers of Suitcase). Check out the collection here!