Design Signal Co

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Design Signal Co [Yasushi Saikusa] Successful Japanese type designer, b. 1956, Nagasaki Prefecture. Creator of Gakuen, the gold prize in the 6th Morisawa Awards International Typeface Design Competition, 1999. A simple schoolyard kanji typeface of utter beauty available from Morisawa. Equally gorgeous and inventful is his Shoutenkaku and Shoutenmaru family, which won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition. Saikusa published some Japanese typefaces at FONT1000. His own company, Design Signal, published Hikari, Picolo, Strong, Corydance, Azure, Magokoro Bro., Type7, Ungrou, Yutampo, Soyokaze, Namikaze, Akari, Highcollar, Kinshichi, Rakugaki, Ayumin, Mambo, Rumba, TA Kirigirisu (used in many book covers, TV ads and web designs in Japan), Fudeshichishichi, Dada, Arinco, Showwa 70, Ikikoku, Flaming, Tomorrow Dream, Tomorrow Skip, Stage 1, Birthday 19, Birthday 21, Tomorrow Walk, U-min Walk, Ryushichi, Fudeshichi, Baby Walk, Itaikoku, Kirigirisu, Shotenkaku, Shotenmaru, Kotsubu, Mayumin Walk, Walk, Kokoro No. 1, Kokoro No. 2, Kokoro No. 3 (all together in TA KokoroF), Ryusen Haru, Ryusen Natsu, Ryusen AKi, Ryusen Fuyu. His awards not mentioned above include three Ishi awards, and a Morisawa award at the 5th Morisawa International Typeface competition. Typecache link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Design Signal Co [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in Japan ⦿