SUMMER 2001 LIST

**** Very interesting or useful.
***  Lesser so.
**   Lesser so.
*    Noteable.

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FONT SITES
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japanese fonts with some western fonts
most made by japanese people
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04
http://www.04.jp.org
****	I love all those different 04 boxes.
	5 good TTfonts. Tonnes of BitMap-fonts. I hate those.
	I like the FrogKiller shockwave thingy.
	Note to self, get some.
	Tonnes of linkd I've yet to explore.

3dlogo
http://www.wafu.ne.jp/3dlogo/fonts
?

3ThreeStudio
http://www.threestudio.com/
***	Totally cool flash site!
	[linked from glassonion.com]
	[no fonts, just cool!]

9031
http://www.9031.com
**	Hey, it's been changed since last I looked.
	Little walkthrough museum in the dark with sculpture pieces.
	Fonts too. About 20. Wax is the best font - this one not free yet.

About Font
http://home.intercity.or.jp/users/masak
	All font links. Lots of them.

Add
http://add.jp.org
****	Interesting site with Japanese fonts and roman fonts.
	Not really usable on a regular basis.
	Notible fonts: Sniper, Cityboy, Wasp - not all free.
	Good links page. [looks like the site has changed]

Art and Fonts by Sean 
http://www.seansart.net
****	Very cool artistic fonts such as Hours In The Rain, The Tomb,
	Vampyres Garden, Seven Waves Sighs Salome. [I got them all].
	Nice Japanese calligraphy he has done too.

Atomicmedia
http://atomicmedia.net/am/fonts.htmlx
*	Shitty fonts. bunch of dots! They want money for them? Nuts!

Chiehou
http://www.index.co.jp/chiehou
*	Interesting graphic logos.
	Some hankko type font that looks cool, but MAC only.

Cosmic Graphics
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cosmicgraphics/homepage/contents.html
***	Menu options is very interesting...
	Solarsystem rotating - I like it! Portfolio->Moon=fonts.
	Check later - underconstruction.


Creation Freefont
http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~c-font
***	About 50 free fonts - jap(5) and eng.
	most not good unless look'n for specific type.
	OK: Chain-looks like neon sign lettering,
	 Candy-swirly like cottoncandy,
	 CuteLine-swishes of brush,
	katakana:
	 Good: Cliperopen-got it
	 Cliperopenshadow-got it
	 Cliperline-got it

http://cyclonegraphix.jp.org
	Will start-up soon, look again.

Digitalogue
http://www.digitalogue.co.jp
	None free. But have a look anyway.
        [seems to be gone now]

DigitalDreamDesign Fonts
http://www.digitaldreamdesign.net
***	lots - 50+
	Many useful for certain things.
	good clean designs.
	Mostly roman letters.

Dr. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive - The Foreign Language Font Archive for Windows
http://user.dtcc.edu/~berlin/fonts.html
	???



Eyesaw
http://www.signalgrau.com/eyesaw/html/main.htm
****	Go to Hand/Ready/Custom-made at the top.
	Very interesting fonts. Mostly specific uses.
	Font photos of places and product labels... and more.
	Lots of different links - under Reference.

Fontage
http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/%7Efontage/
	Cool Flash site. Oh no! He closed his original site.
	The new one is here:

http://www.fountain.nu
*	azteak font=free
	theodor=pay$

Gallery Denenchofu
http://www6.big.or.jp/%7Eonozaki/home.html
**	Some OK fonts.
	I got a comic looking one called 'Wonderful'
	>It was in a different compression format than Zip.
	>Search for LHA in your WinZipClassic to learn more.

Glass Onion
http://www.glassonion.com.au/flash.asp?glass+onion
	Totally cool flash site!
	[no fonts, just cool!]

Graphic Groove
http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~htm/top.html
	will eventually have fonts.
	now only icons etc.

iAi-jp
http://www.iai-jp.net
Some good fonts. I got the "iAi" font.

http://hem.passen.se/animes/download/fonts.html
	[dead link]

Hyperiongraphics - Tecno Style Typeface On-Line
http://www.hyperiongraphics.com
****	Has some dot fonts and others. Some good and useful ones.
	20TT, 5Bit. Great examples in the Gallery.
	Note to self:  get some.

Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa
http://www.io.com/~kazushi/xtt/
	Ricoh sells their Japanese TrueType fonts.
	We can buy them and use it on one machine.

Ken Graphix Online
http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~kenken/html/top_fr.html
*	Two fonts.

Living Plant
http://www03.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/qb3/living/
	bunch of similar looking fonts

Love Design
http://www.d3.dion.ne.jp/~ldc.com/font/font.html
*	One interesting font, but can't download that one.


Luc Devroye (copyright) - School of Computer Science - McGill University 
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/japan.html
***	List of links related to fonts.
	A good starting place to find stuff.

MSR - Mutsumi Styling Research fonts
http://msr.cup.com/MSRfonts/
*	One font. looks nice.

Manihackers
http://mks.jp.org/
their old site:
http://www2.wind.ne.jp/maniackers/tanrei.html
***	/gachapon /maniac2.0 /shotaro / parade20 [I got these 4]
	-check back for more free ones that come out.

?
http://www.netpro.ne.jp/~fine/temp/font
*	Above 3 have no samples of fonts - direct download lists.


Original Type Foundry
http://www.orange.ne.jp/~den7/index.html
***	Nice fonts.
	Living Toys font looks like music notes - got it.
	This is the first Japanese font site I found 
	all those years ago - good clean fonts.
	Really good.

Radio Font
http://www.milli.no/~magnus
http://www.milli.no/~magnus/Radioall.html
	Cool look'n pay font "Radio" with cool example pictures.
	I want it!

Rian Hughes/Device
http://font.ricoh.co.jp
http://font.ricoh.co.jp/online2/font22.html
****	really good - really professional!
	Lots of good stuff! I got:
	HGereganto/ W3
	HG hitemi /W9 - regular,line, and shadow
	HG prettyfurankH - regular, line, and shadow
	HG?ne?goshikkuH
	>For Japanese computer operating system only.
	>They are in a different compression format than Zip.
	>Search for LHA in your WinZipClassic to learn more.
	__Wow, maybe they are only selling them now... shitty...
	glad I took some before. 
	If ya want them, I'll send the ones I got to ya.

	The inquiry TTW information center
	telephone regarding the product 045-477-1639
	ttw-info@shinyoko.ricoh.co.jp

?
http://rose.zero.ad.jp/~zaj54066/font.htm#
**	5 interesting fonts - good for specific uses.
	[dead link]


Shakagraphics
http://www.shakagraphics.com
****	Cool. Radio with little links etc. Love it!

Saikix Font Distribution
http://www.din.or.jp/~saikix/
**	Bunch of fonts, specific uses.
	Interesting looking site.

SRB-Powers
http://saru.milkcafe.to/index.html
**	15bit 15TT
	good clean look'n fonts- good for specific stuff.

Tar Yan World
http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~taryan/h-fnt.cgi
*	lots of interesting symbolic type hyrogliphic
	style fonts that I have no idea how to use.
	Must all be for Japanese system computers too.
	Very interesting to look at though!
	There are lots! Click on second from left column for examples.

Uyo's Closet Fonts
http://plaza17.mbn.or.jp/~uyo/monooki/fonts/fonts.htm
*	one font: Xiaolin font.
	Looks good, but not distinctive enough for me.

VADA - SOFTWARE LANGUAGES
http://www.vada.nl/softtil.htm#JAPL
	learning japanese programmes like flashcards etc.

Yoworks
http://www.yoworks.com
http://www.yoworks.com/yof_e.html
**	Some free ones, but not so good unless look'n for specific.

Zetuei
http://www.zetuei.com
****	Cool site! Also very interesting.
	Metal Flame and Seutescript are good looking fonts.
	Many fonts.

ZX26
http://www.zx26.com
****	Good site. Looks very interesting.
	Fonts. None useful on regular basis.
	Good but slow link page due to slow Java I guess.

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Search for deadlinks:
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On The Edge
	Free font site

SITEUNTITLED (was: Tabledesign)
	8 free original fonts

Smile Studio
	Japanese design studio with about ten wonderful free
	and original fonts

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WESTERN FONTS
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4gee
http://www.4gee.com/font/index.htm
***	Tonnes of fonts galore. English, Chinese, and Dingbats. Like Mashyfonts.
	Ones I got: AdineKirnberg [pg3], Actionis[pg3], Algerian[pg5],
	AlexeiCopperplate[pg5], Ambrosia[pg7], Anastasia[pg8], Andes[pg8],
	Angelica[pg8].

Blambot
http://www.blambot.com
****	Kickass comic fonts made by a comic artist! FREE!
	Some additional pay ones too. And an online comic!

Fontlover
http://www.fontlover.com

Fontparty
http://www.fontparty.com
***	Tonnes of fonts like the now defunct Mashyfonts.


Letterheadfonts
http://www.letterheadfonts.com
***	Company pay font$ with some free fonts (...or, there used to be). 
	Good ones. I'm really a fan of old fonts,
	This is a great place to start your search for old looking fonts.
	Fantastic 'try before you buy' Flash font viewer.
	I got some: DefArtist, HendersonOhnimusFlorid, EsotericOld,
	Tuscan -- got copies of Mac Versions too

Typesource
http://www.typesource.com

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Q: A font I bought doesn't have a 'j', 'u', 'y' or 'w', 
or these characters look funny. Why?
A: A lot of our fonts are based on historical calligraphy 
or antique type designs. In the many historical periods 
and regions there were no letters for 'j', 'u', or 'w'. 
These letters are variations of 'i' and 'v' respectively
 and were developed in the last few hundred years. 'Y' 
as we have it in English is related to 'g'. The current 
form is modern in origin, derived from the Greek upsilon
 to differentiate it from the 'g'. In cases where a font
 is based on historical lettering we may substitute the 
appropriate character for those which weren't used at 
that time, so you get 'i' for 'j' and 'v' for 'u' or 'w'. 
With very complex fonts like decorative intiials we may 
leave those characters out alltogether. In some cases we
 include transitional forms, such as the older style of 
'w' which looks like a 'n' and a 'u' or 'v' joined together. 
In some cases where it seems appropriate we will create 
compatible versions of these modern characters and add them.

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ILLUSTRATION SITES:
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Curve
http://www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/maejun/
	Design company.
	Hey, those light t-shirts!
	Interesting looking page

dialqqq
http://www.dialqqq.com
	Cool Logo - oops, gone now... only flash link to new site:
dial999 - Youko Fukunaga
	http://ww7.tiki.ne.jp/~ami_mimi/dial.html

Furi Furi Co.
http://www.furifuri.com/top.html
	Cool java intro.! and stuff.

Graphic Artist Guild
http://www.gag.org
	Good links to graphic artists' sites.

Neuron - Shanti Neuron
http://www.din.or.jp/~neuron
	Cool pics. Now with a store to buy stuff. Cool stuff.
	Choose "Neuron Graphics" to see the pics.

Phantom Lovers Graphix
http://nao.i2f.org
	Cool illustrations.

?
http://www05.u-page.so-net.ne.jp
	Some good illustrations.
	[dead link?]

?
http://www.yo.rlm.or.jp/~e-saeki
	1 cool pic.
	[dead link]

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Cafepress
http://www.cafepress.com
	Put your pictures on a t-shirt and sell it!
	Just as this person did:
http://www.cafepress.com/annika2/

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