Torii Serif by Sergio Maria Morganti
Font anatomy of the source font
x height
Body size
Stong contrast between thick and thin strokes
Stren Beak
Bodoni
Giambattista Bodoni, 1798
Unilateral seriff
nght Flat, thin horizontal seriffs on lowercase letters
Bilateral seriff
Ascender line Main line
Base line Descender line
Uppercase Letters
ABCDE FGHIJK LMNOP QRSTU VWXYZ
A
Lowercase Letters
abcde fghijk lmnop qrstu vwxyz
a
Numerals
123 456 789 0
Diacritics, Punctuation, Signs & Symbols
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Font sizes in use
A Torii
30/36 pt
is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
21/25,2 pt
The presence of a Torii at the entrance is usually the simplest way to identify Shinto shrines, and a small torii icon represents them on Japanese road maps.
12/14,4 pt
The first appearance of Torii gates in Japan can be reliably pinpointed to at least the mid-Heian period; they are mentioned in a text written in 922. The oldest existing stone torii was built in the 12th century and belongs to a Hachiman Shrine in Yamagata prefecture. The oldest existing wooden torii is a ryobu torii at Kubo Hachiman Shrine in Yamanashi prefecture built in 1535. Torii gates were traditionally made from wood or stone, but today they can be also made of reinforced concrete, copper, stainless steel or other materials. They are usually either unpainted or painted vermilion with a black upper lintel. Shrines of Inari, the kami (spirits) of fertility and industry, typically have many torii because those who have been successful in business often donate torii in gratitude. Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto has thousands of such torii, each bearing the donor‘s name.
9/10,8 pt
The Torii, a gateway erected on the approach to every Shinto shrine, may be derived from the Indian word Torana. While the Indian term denotes a gateway, the Japanese characters can be translated as "bird perch“. Ancient Indian Torana sacred gateway architecture has influenced gateway architecture across Asia, specially where Buddhism was transmitted from India; Chinese Paifang gateways, Japanese Torii gateways, Korean Hongsalmun gateways, and Sao Ching Cha in Thailand have been derived from the Indian Torana. The functions of all are similar, but they generally differ based on their respective architectural styles. According to several scholars, the vast evidence shows how the Torii, both etymologically and architecturally, were originally derived from the Torana, a free-standing sacred ceremonial gateway which marks the entrance of a sacred enclosure, such as Hindu-Buddhist temple or shrine, or city.
7/8,4 pt
Font Anatomy
x height
Body size
Beaks for uppercase letters
Unilateral serif
Chan Bilateral serif
Torii
Low contrast between strokes
nge Serifs present for straight base terminals
Ascender line Main line
Base line Descender line
Font characteristics
Bilateral Serif Present in:
A, G, K, I, J, H, L, N, M, F, U, T, V, W, X, Y, P, R i, l, k, f, t, n, m, h, r, v, w, x, y, p, q
Unilateral Right Serif Present in:
L, N, M, E, F, T, W, Z, K g, k, u, z, d, q, k
Unilateral Left Serif Present in:
L, N, M, E, F, T, W, Z, D, P, R, B i, l. j, n, m, h, r, u, y, z
Extremities with no Serifs Present in:
J, O, Q, R a, g, j, f, t, o, e, c
Beak
Present in:
C, G, S s
Font relationships
IJHLNMEFUT VWXYZ OQCD PRB iljft nmhru vwxyz oecbdpq Aa
Gg
Ss
Kk
Font creation & skeleton
m m m Source font Bodoni
Applied brushes & serifs
Source font with skeleton
Final result
Brushes
35°, 60%, 6pt
20°, 50%, 5pt
25°, 60%, 5pt
25°, 60%, 6pt
20°, 50%, 6pt
25°, 48%, 6pt