Mastodawn

NEXT WEEK
Lecture on Hangeul script history and typography with Min-Young Kim!

This lecture will examine the historical development of Hangeul, from early metal type to contemporary digital fonts, and explore how these technological shifts have shaped the letterforms we use today. What kinds of type classifications exist in Hangeul, and how did they emerge? Why did Hangeul appear “sans-serif” or rounded in its earliest forms in 1443—centuries before the rise of sans-serif in the Latin tradition?

More info & tickets: https://wordsoftype.com/

#ad #lecture #hangeul #hangul #typography #font #typedesign #typeface #cjk

screwlisp Mar 27

@charliemac #liveCoding #commonLisp #McCLIM #clim *now* ! https://www.twitch.tv/endparen #programming #gui #cjk #japanese #textEntry

endparen - Twitch

I have the most fun when my hobbies are some intersection between Lisp / S-expressions, computer graphics, computing history, and Japanese culture. I will probably be rubber-duck programming for the most part.

Twitch

Michel Mariani Mar 27

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mikaeru/116300905939195821

- Technically speaking, Khitan Small Script and Yi script are not included (yet) in the data for non-Han ideographic scripts.

- The Jurchen and Seal scripts are poised to be officially added to Unicode 18.0 in September 2026...

- BabelStone (Andrew West) reference links:
🔗 https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Jurchen/
🔗 https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Khitan/
🔗 https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Yi/

#Unicode #Ideographic #Unihan #CJK #CJKV #Jurchen #Khitan #Nüshu #Seal #Tangut #Yi

Show thread

Loek van Kooten, MA Mar 18

This was a collaboration with Context Heroes (contextheroes. com), who coordinated the full 7-language effort. Vojtech Schubert runs a tight ship -- the kind of setup where every translator has what they need before they start. The result is in the graphic. The full story is here: https://www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/2026/03/18/how-we-localized-a-million-wishlist-game-into-japanese-and-what-game-devs-can-learn-from-it/ #GameLocalization #Japanese #Everwind #GameDev #CJK #Localization

How We Localized a Million-Wishlist Game Into Japanese (And What Game Devs Can Learn From It) – Loekalization Blog

Show thread

Loek van Kooten, MA Mar 17

And then the AI contradicted itself in the final sentence, still mentioning "the Yamano Gakki building in the Ginza district of Tokyo" as "the most expensive location in the Netherlands. " This isn't a translation error. This is an AI rewriting reality. Source: Japanese government official land price announcement (March 17, 2026), translated by Mistral. #GameLocalization #AI #Translation #Japanese #Dutch #Localization #Hallucination #CJK #GameDev

Show thread

Loek van Kooten, MA Mar 16

Source: Ulatus, "2026 Japanese-to-English AI Translator Shootout: GPT-4o vs DeepL vs Claude on Keigo, Subtext, and Brand Voice," January 2026 #GameLocalization #Japanese #Localization #AI #Keigo #GameDev #CJK #Translation

Words of Type Mar 15

NEXT MONTH
Our 2-sessions workshop on Hangeul Type Design with Non-square Style, with YMG Type Foundry and Min-Young Kim

Two sessions online to get some hands-on practice on Hangeul type design with a fun and yet very didactic style: non-square style.

This workshop is for beginners, or those with some knowledge on Hangeul script. If you don't know much about it, we recommend you to also take the lecture presented by @mintoming!

More info and tickets at https://wordsoftype.com/

#ad #workshop #hangeul #hangul #typography #typedesign #typeface #fonts #CJK

Words of Type Mar 15

NEXT MONTH
The lecture on Hangeul script history & typography, presented by Min-Young Kim.

Do you want to learn about the script used for Korean language? How it started, when, who invented it? How it works? How it differs from Latin?
And—most relevant for type designers—its various styles and how each is perceived by Korean audience?

And, if you want to continue and get some practice, we also have a 2-sessions workshop following this lecture! More info on our website!

Get your ticket to this lecture at https://wordsoftype.com/

#ad #lecture #hangeul #hangul #korean #typography #typedesign #typeface #fonts #CJK

Show thread

Loek van Kooten, MA Mar 12

#GameLocalization #CJK #Japanese #GameDev #NintendoSwitch #Loekalization #IndieGames

Michel Mariani Mar 11

Thanks to @jlhwung, the so beautifully crafted 'BabelStone Han' font by Andrew West (魏安), is alive and well!

The latest version 17.0.0, made of 'BabelStoneHanBasic.ttf' and 'BabelStoneHanExtra.ttf', is available from:

🔗 https://github.com/babelstone/babelstonehan-ufo/releases/latest

#BabelStone #BabelStoneHan #Unicode #Unihan #CJK #CJKV

Release 20250710 · babelstone/babelstonehan-ufo

20250710 - 2026-03-09 Summary Changes from 20250708-beta to 20250710 across all BabelStone Han UFO files. Family Totals: 6 added, 2 modified, 0 removed (8 total changes) BabelStone Han Basic Glyph ...

GitHub