Chinese typography solution for bussiness

Huge gap between Chinese and English typotraphy

Three years ago, I had an interest on Graphic Design and decided give me a chance to learn.  Although I did not become a visual artist and the dream fade away in a sense, It's still an rewarding experience which helps me to rethink visual signals around me. One major course of graphic design is Typography.

I participated the adult program in Art Institute of Chicago.The whole class takes about two months. We started learned basics of typography, baseline, cap height, ascender and so on. We did lettering, poster design, and new letters design. My instructor told us a good designer will do a whole set of typos for a week.

26 letters, a week.
Think about over 20,000 characters in Chinese. How long does it take?

Typography in English

The forms of the writings changed how we relate to what it actually point to. No wonder business will pay  a whole set or, ask the designer to costume a pair for them. I have collect some of my favorite sites to get inspiration on English typography.

http://blog.8faces.com/
http://ilovetypography.com/
http://typographica.org/
http://www.myfonts.com


How to use Chinese typography on web

Here is the way to change your font of website: articles from kendraschaefer.
You may need more than web font, but also some Chinese characters for your logo, packages, and more.

major sites:
https://www.youziku.com/
http://en.justfont.com/

For all use

If you want to buy a set(get a licence), it will cost you 5000 per year for commercial use.

FREE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL:
http://www.makefont.com/authorization.html

Why it's so expensive ? It takes about 8 person 2 years to finish a whole set.