Japanese typefaces

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This article deals with Japanese writing. For the historical era, see Shōtai.

Shotai (書体, Shotai^?) is the Japanese word for writing style and typeface. Shotai covers the calligraphic writing styles, such as

• seal script,
• clerical script,
• running script, and
• grass script

as well as Japanese styles like

• Edomoji.

It also includes Japanese typefaces such as

• Minchō and
• Gothic.

[edit] External links

• Terms Used in Font Information Processing (in Japanese)
• sci.lang.japan FAQ: shotai (includes illustrations).