Kinuta Font Factory
Kinuta Font Factory is credited on five families in the library. All of them were added in 2021. By class: three serifs, two handwriting faces.
The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines
Yuji Hentaigana AkariHandwriting · 2021 · weights 400
Yuji Hentaigana AkebonoHandwriting · 2021 · weights 400
Yuji BokuSerif · 2021 · weights 400
Yuji MaiSerif · 2021 · weights 400
Yuji SyukuSerif · 2021 · weights 400
Range of the work
The lowercase runs from Yuji Boku, the shortest at 453 units per 1,000 em, to Yuji Mai at 553. In width, Yuji Boku is the narrowest (569) and Yuji Hentaigana Akebono the widest (720). Beyond Latin, the families cover two subsets: Cyrillic, Japanese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, one of the three families with ascenders have a taller x-height, five of all five set a wider lowercase and none a darker one.
Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points
| Family | Class | x-height | Width | Ink | Weights | Subsets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuji Mai | Serif | +71 | +96 | −5 pts | 400 | 4 |
| Yuji Syuku | Serif | −23 | +90 | −13 pts | 400 | 4 |
| Yuji Boku | Serif | −29 | +55 | −7 pts | 400 | 4 |
| Yuji Hentaigana Akari | Handwriting | no ascenders | +302 | −20 pts | 400 | 3 |
| Yuji Hentaigana Akebono | Handwriting | no ascenders | +302 | −20 pts | 400 | 3 |