Font Architect. Indescribable Witchery.

I just received an interesting interview from myfonts.com with Ryoichi Tsunekawa, and architect of display fonts.  Read the interview here: http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201012.html


I like finding interesting and unusual fonts and wonder how they are designed digitally.  Also, in the course of the interview, Mr. Tsunekawa says, "vernacular letterforms are adorable to me...they have indescribable witchery." 

If the output of Japanese foundries represented on MyFonts is anything to go by, Nagoya must be the number one font city in Japan. Not only has Ray Larabie established his Typodermic foundry here; it is also home to Flat-It, one of our most prolific microfoundries specializing in lively retro and script fonts. Flat-It is run by Ryoichi Tsunekawa, who also created two specialist labels — Prop-A-Ganda and Holiday Type — to celebrate and market letterforms inspired by… well, propaganda and holidays. His taste is eclectic, his skills are remarkable, his production is huge. Meet Ryoichi Tsunekawa, architect of display fonts.