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| Author: | ungawa222 [ Wed May 30, 2007 7:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Sites to experiment w/ kanji design? |
So…I’m looking to make a stencil of the characters for Garamon (ガラモン) for a nameplate I’m designing, to go on the custom riser base I had made for my Gara-Detolf, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a free (or relatively inexpensive) site or sites where I could try these characters out in a variety of fonts/sizes, and then save what I like as a .pdf or at least print it down from the site. Any help would be appreciated- thanks! |
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| Author: | havingmysay [ Wed May 30, 2007 7:29 am ] |
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no idea about websites.. but i would try your local neighborhood tattoo parlor |
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| Author: | ungawa222 [ Wed May 30, 2007 7:39 am ] |
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That is a great suggestion, hms...problem is, the one and only area tattoo parlor is weeeaaak....I highly doubt that they have flash of full kanji alphabets in a variety of fonts. But....maybe.....I'll give 'em a call... |
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| Author: | pickleloaf [ Wed May 30, 2007 7:46 am ] |
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you can probably do a search for free kanji fonts - you'll have to look through them to find your's but it's worth a shot. pop them into photoshop or something to print them... even word would do |
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| Author: | el word [ Wed May 30, 2007 6:13 pm ] |
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^^ Ditto that. Here are some sites for free kana fonts that I found that you could play with in Word (you want 'kana', not 'kanji'). http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Japanese.html http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/japanese.html Also, I found some interesting blog posts on Japanese typography and how different type styles are used for different purposes. Japanese font styles #1 Japanese font styles #2 Japanese font styles #3 Fun with Japanese characters |
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| Author: | hillsy11 [ Wed May 30, 2007 7:43 pm ] |
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Just to expand on what L said, those characters you have are katakana. Hope that helps in your search. |
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| Author: | ungawa222 [ Wed May 30, 2007 10:00 pm ] |
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Thanks, all- great leads, el- I think I've got something in mind that will work! |
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| Author: | lurker [ Thu May 31, 2007 3:59 am ] |
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if you are using a microsoft operating system. install the IME(input method editor) for japanese fonts. http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/hand ... Paper.mspx its free. you can then choose katakana, hiragana, or it will create the kanji from the hiragana inputs you make. it might help you out. |
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