KazukiReiwa
KazukiReiwa (一樹令和) is a traditional-looking mincho style free Japanese font that has the ink bleed effect, designed by Kazuki Kimura. Beyond the traditional character structure that gives a very old-school, vintage text look, the ink bleed effect added a unique viewing sensation, giving the print-like effect onto the digital typeface. The ink effect made the strokes look more organic, and soften the edges to look more rounded and easy to the eye.
KazukiReiwa comes with three font weights: light, regular and bold. It supports the common Japanese characters including unknown kanji support, I assumed it covered JIS Level 1 and 2, based on the total glyphs (If I have more information, I will update this post). Besides that, it also supports Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and even Braille codes. It’s free to download and be used on commercial projects, as it was released under SIL Open Font License.
Usage Permission
- Free for personal, non-commercial, and commercial use.
- Released under SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1.
Link
To download, visit the link above and you will be brought to the font’s Github repository. By clicking on the “Code” button, you will a popover appears. Click on the “Download ZIP” in the popover the download the repository that has the font files in it. You can find the font files inside the “Fonts” folder. Once installed, you can select this font in your writing or design tools under the family name “KazukiReiwa”.
Supported characters
- Hiragana and Katakana
- Kanji (No official information on kanji support, but I assumed it covered JIS Level 1 and 2)
- Alphanumerics
- Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Braille scripts
- Symbols and Punctuations