Torii Serif

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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



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