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Archetype
| Archetype is a digital type foundry based in Hong Kong. Its commercial fonts include Axit-Type, Eletro-Type, Geo-Type, Matrix-Type, Quadra-Type, Techno-Type, 6ixbaby (katakana), Aerobaby, Atticbaby, Chinesebaby, Saintbaby, Slimbaby. Several of these are pixel and techno fonts. Stunning web pages. The type founders are John Wu and Stephen Tsim. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
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Portuguese designer who is based in Macau. Creator of the free script face Bettencourt (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
"CERG_Chinese_Font" (2003, DynaComware Corp) is a free font downloadable at CERG, part of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council. It has over 36,000 glyphs (!) and covers nearly every language, including, most importantly, Chinese. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
At the Chinese University of Hong Kong: ICS1 (2003), ICS2 (2003), ICS3 (2003), ICS4 (2003), ICS5 (2003), ICS6 (2003), and ICS7 (2003), all copyright of CHANT, ICS, CUHK. These fonts have ancient symbols that are at the origin of various Chinese writing systems. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
China Type Designs Ltd.
| Foundry based in Hong Kong, est. 1986. In September 2006, Monotype Imaging acquired China Type Design Limited. At that time, Ricky Chun was China Type's managing director. Monotype writes: China Type has been a long-time partner of Monotype Imaging, which previously held 20 percent ownership of the firm. Over a 20-year period, the companies have collaborated on a wide range of Asian font projects, with recent work involving typefaces for Hewlett-Packard XHTML-based inkjet printers shipping in Japan and China, and East Asian fonts for the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. [...] A recent collaboration involved the design and development of the Microsoft JhengHei typeface, a Traditional Chinese, OpenType-based typeface family, optimized with Microsoft's ClearType subpixel rendering technology for use in the Vista operating system. [...] China Type and Monotype Imaging have also recently completed work on a patent-pending technology involved in the ability to display scalable Simplified Chinese characters at small sizes (down to 14 pixels per em) with exceptional clarity on cell phones. The technology is available with the iType 3.0 font engine, the newest version of Monotype Imagings font rasterizer that enables the rapid display of scalable characters on memory-constrained devices. [...] As part of the China Type acquisition, Monotype Imaging has secured an exclusive relationship with Creative Calligraphy Center (CCC), a font production company in Zhuhai, China, with 30 production specialists. Ricky Chun began his career at China Type in 1992 as a developer of PostScript-compatible font programs and in-house production tools. Since then, Chun has held positions in sales, marketing, technical support and product development. Chun has worked with Monotype Imaging on various type production and development projects. Chun earned a masters degree in Australia. Linotype link where these fonts are sold: M Bei HK, M Bitmap Round HK, M Bitmap Square HK, M Comic HK, M Comic HKS, M Cute HK, M Cute HKS, M Dynasty HKS, M Dynasty HK, M Ellan HKS, M Ellan HK, M Elle HK, M Elle HKS, C Fang Song HKS, C Fang Song HK, M Gentle HK, M Gentle HKS, C Gu Li HK, C Gu Li HKS, C Gu Yin HK, C Gu Yin HKS, MHG Hagoromo T HK, C Hei HK, C Hei 2 HK, C Hei 3 HK, C Hei 3 HKS, M Hei HK, M Hei HKS, C Hei HKS, C Hei 2 HKS, M Hei Sung HKS, M Hei Sung HK, M Kai HK, M Kai HKS, C Kan HK, C Kan HKS, MHG Kyokashotai T HK, M Lady HK, M Lady HKS, CX Li HK, CX Li HKS, M Li HK, M Li HKS, M Ling Wai FHK, M Ling Wai P HK, M Marker HK, M Marker HKS, M Metallic Hei HKS, M Metallic Hei HK, CJ Ngai HK, CJ Ngai HKS, M Ngai HKS, M Ngai HK, C Ngan Kai HKS, C Ngan Kai HK, C Po 3 HK, C Po 3 HKS, C Po HK, C Po HKS, M Qing Hua HKS, M Qing Hua HK, M Razor HKS, M Razor HK, MHG Reithic T HK, C Song 3 HK, C Song 3 HKS, M Stiff Hei HKS, M Stiff Hei HK, M Stream HK, M Stream HKS, C Su HK, C Su HKS, M Sung Gold HKS, M Sung Gold HK, M Sung HK, M Sung HKS, C Wei Bei HKS, M Windy HK, M Windy HKS, C Xing HK, C Xing HKS, C Xing Kai HKS, C Xing Kai HK, CX Yao HKS, M Young HK, M Young HKS, M Yuen HKS, M Yuen HK, M Yuen, CO Yuen HKS, C Yuen HK, C Yuen, CO Yuen HK, CO Yuen, C Yuen 2 HKS, CO2 Yuen HKS, CO2 Yuen HK, C Yuen GB, C Yuen T GB, CO Yuen T GB, C Yuen GB5, CO Yuen GB5, M Yuppy HK, M Yuppy HKS. Here the S in HKS stands for simplified. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Designer at the City University of Hong Kong of the phonetic font DOCIPA (1993) designed for the Dialects of China (DOC) database. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
CUHK
| A free phonetic font at CUHK (Chinese University of Hong Kong) called Handkey2002. The web site belongs to Professor Gladys Tang. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Chinese font archive in Hong-Kong. Alternate URL. Included are BitstreamCyberCJK-Roman (1990-1998), a nearly full Unicode font, the NTU family (which comprises NTU_FS_M, NTU_KAI, NTU_LI_M, NTU_MB, NTU_MM, NTU_MR, NTU_TW), Siddam, TSC-FMing-S-TT, TSC-JSong-S-TT (both from Twinbridge Software), CWTEX-BB, CWTEX-F, CWTEX-K, CWTEX-M, CWTEX-R (all by Tsong-Min Wu, Tsong-Huey Wu and Wang Ming-Ter, 1999-2002), and the wcl family. In the Unicode subpage, we find the HZK series. Alternate URL. Another URL. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong Kong-based designer of Destruction Type (2005). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong-Kong-based company which created several Chinese-themed dingbat fonts in 2001 and 2002: CNg001, CNg002, CNg003, CNg004, CNg005, CNg009, ChopStick, DEMObeard, DEMObig5, DEMOcoins, DEMOflower, DEMOhorse, DEMOlantern, DEMOmusic, DEMOrose, DEMOstamp, DEMOsword, DEMOtree, DEMOwatch, DemoBun, DemoFood-2001, DemoXmas, cn12. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
DEMO Company
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Hong-Kong-based designer of Aerofoil (2007, calligraphic script), Ampersand (2005, handprinted) and Cataclysmic (2005, handwriting). Alternate URL. Yet another URL. She used Fontifier to create a handwriting face, Skribble (2004). See also here. Alternate URL. Klingspor link. Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Born in Hong Kong in 1968, Dennis Poon was a designer in San Francisco and Stockholm. He currently works at Philips in Singapore. At the Typebox foundry, he designed TxElf (2002, blockish almost-bitmap font), TX Hex (2002) and TX Gitter (2001, a simplified Codex-like face). FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
Based on research by Professor Horace H.S. Ip and Dr. Helena T.F. Wong at the Department of Computer Science of the City University of Hong Kong, two approaches are followed for the generation of Chinese (and other) calligraphic fonts. In the first approach, a truetype font's features are detected using fractals, and this permits generation of characters using calligraphic pens. In a second approach, a (physical) brush model is able to capture the physical effects of the writing process due to brush geometry, brush orientations and motions, ink absorption and depositing by the brush hairs. Resulting papers:
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In 1991, Freeman Lau (b. Hong Kong, 1958) won the Bronze Prize at the annual Tokyo Type Designers Club competition for a symbol and logotype for Prime Publishing Co. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Fridayfonts
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In 2010, new fonts were added. Here is a partial list:
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Adds 3,049 characters to Big5's ~13,000, of which a good number are characters for words used in Cantonese, or characters used in person/place names in Hong Kong. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong-Kong based designer of the asymmetric-serifed face Architecture (2006). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong Kong-based designer of the experimental typeface Hello Old Boy (2012). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Based in Hong Kong, b. 1989. Student at City University of Hong Kong, graduation year 2013. Designer of TAK Enchanted (2008) and HT Skyline (2012, techno face). Home page. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
The Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set-2001 offers a free full Chinese font: Ming(for-ISO10646) (by Arphic Technology). The site explains: "The Government has submitted the Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (HKSCS) to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for inclusion in the ISO 10646 international coding standard." [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Japanese company specializing in Chinese character sets. You can download sample TrueType files (single byte). HTML International is the USA counterpart of Dynalab in Hong-Kong, Japan and Taiwan. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Graphics and Media Design student at the London College of Communication, whi hails from Hong Kong. Home page. Designer of the high contrast free face Currency (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Jack Yan and Associates
| Jack Yan (b. 1972, Hong-Kong) now lives in Wellington, New Zealand, where he founded Jack Yan and Associates (JY&A) in 1987, the first kiwi digital typefoundry. He designed over 100 typefaces, which mostly share calligraphic roots---his lower case f is like a signature Yan glyph.. MyFonts link. He designed the extensive family Aetna, digitized based upon 16th century work by Francesco Griffo and Giovanni Antonio Tagliente. It is Yan's version of Bembo. Jack Yan is one of New Zealand's most prolific designers. His font families include DecennieExpress, Integrity JY, Pinnacle JY (+Bold), Rebeca, Tranquility and Yan Series 333 (1987-1993). The glyphs in Integrity look like they were scanned from somewhere and auto-converted. Anyway, it feels like Jack Yan is precisely making use of a typeface law (typefaces are not copyrightable in the USA) that he would like to see changed via TypeRight, a group he actively participates in. Interview. Newest fonts: JY Koliba (by Jure Stojan, 2001), a sans serif typeface family based on Slovenian architects' lettering of the 1940s, Boum-Boum (2002), Alia JY (2008-2009, an aldine serif family). Arts and Crafts alphabet by him. JY Pressly (2012, a serif family) was originally designed for Lucire, and destined for web and print use. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Wan Chai, Hong Kong-based designer. He used geometric principles to create his logotype JHS (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong Kong-based designer who co-founded Archetype with Stephen Tsim. He designed some of the Archetype fonts, which comprise Axit-Type, Eletro-Type, Geo-Type, Matrix-Type, Quadra-Type, Techno-Type, 6ixbaby (katakana), Aerobaby, Atticbaby, Chinesebaby, Saintbaby, Slimbaby. In 2010, he created a revival of Robert Trogman's letraset hit font Yagi, called Yagitype. Axitype (2010) is a further derivation of this font. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong-Kong-based designer (b. 1985) of Death Font (2006). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Keith Tam Typography
| Keith Tam is a graphic designer and type designer born in Hong kong who has lived and worked in the UK and in Vancouver, Canada. He received his MA in Typeface Design at the Department of Typography&Graphic Communication at the University of Reading in 2002. Presently, he teaches art the School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2005, along with Michail Semoglou, Keith co-founded Type Initiative, a type foundry and design collective. Currently, he is Assistant Professor in the School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His fonts include Arrival (a font developed during his graduate studies at Reading for reading signs from afar or while driving) and DGSans. He started a discussion on why people pick certain typefaces:
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Aberdeen, Hong Kong-based designer of Book Type (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Hong-Kong-based typographer and web designer who created an experimental font based on an action film. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Mariko Takagi | Hong Kong-based typographer. At Typography Day 2012 she speaks on Typographic Culture of Hong Kong. Mariko works at Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Miphol Studio
| ShenZhen/Hong Kong-based photographer, b. 1989, who currently lives in Miami, FL. Alternate URL. Miphol Studio is related to Marica Typographic Design Studio, run by Marica. Creator of the elegant hairline sans family ULT Sans (2007). She says that, inspired by FF Milo and Stainless, it took her over two weeks of straight work just to get the beta out. She also made the squarish stencil face SquareX (2008), the mechanical face Incognita (2008), and the semi-serif face ChanorSans (2008). Her latest: the gorgeous constructivist-marries-didone headline face Modern 9, and Melor (2008, a simple sans family in two styles done for Miphol Studio). [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Hong Kong-based designer of Tambourine (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
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PinkLab
| PinkLab is a Hong Kong-based creative studio, founded by Pinky Leung (b. Hong Kong), who has a BA in graphic design from Middlesex University, UK. In 2011, he designed the experimental face Plastic Bag. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Pixelyn
| Pixelyn stands for "Pixels in Brooklyn". Until its web site disappeared, it offered free (Mac) truetype pixel fonts for small sizes on screen, designed by Danielle Huthart in 2001. The fonts: Standard, Lilany, Bless, Pixelyn, Pixelyn Outline, Opshift, Demtrek, Fuseseven, Transfer Regular, Transfer Scripty, Gala, Icon Bit One, Icon Bit Two. It was located in Hong Kong. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Designer from Kowloon, Hong-Kong. At Behance, one can view hs peace silhouette alphabet Love and War (2010). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Download Borjagan Book (1997), a Mongolian language font by Robert Carlson from Hong Kong. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Shellmoonsite
| Man Chung Lee's site. Born in Hong Kong in 1976, he studied multimedia in Vancouver in 1999. Presently, he is the Creative Art Director of CREAM, Hong Kong's culture and art magazine. He created some free fonts such as the experimental AreaLINEe (2001) and AreaOUTLINEe (2001). URL for his free fonts. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Three phonetic truetype fonts: SILDoulosIPA, SILManuscriptIPA, SILSophiaIPA. Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Australia-based Tom Chiu is working hard on Chinese and Korean truetype fonts. Some are almost finished, and all are free: check out Ming Li, Kai, Hei and FangSong. He designed FingerNumber (each digit from 0-8 is represented by fingers, Hong Kong Style), MimosaRat (rat-related characters) and TomScript (his handwriting). The Chinese fonts are temporarily unavailable. He also has software to view Chinese characters. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Tsang Kin-Wah | Hong Kong-based typographic poster artist and designer. Check for example, his "love poster". [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Wai Wong | From the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wai Wong is the keynote speaker at TUG 2005: Typesetting Chinese: a personal perspective. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
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Mak Sui Shing (Hong Kong) created these freeware dingbat fonts in 2001-2002: CNg001, CNg002, CNg003, CNg004, CNg005, CNg009, ChopStick, DEMObeard, DEMObig5, DEMOcoins, DEMOflower, DEMOhorse, DEMOlantern, DEMOmusic, DEMOrose, DEMOstamp, DEMOsword, DEMOtree, DEMOwatch, DemoBun, DemoFood-2001, DemoXmas, cn12. Most of these fonts have Chinese symbols. He is working on 
Free font site, est. 2009. The fonts being displayed and introduced were developed by students in seminars and workshops offered by 
Type designer (b. Hong Kong, 1966) of the multiple stroke handwriting face 
