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DescriptionJapanese katakana typeface having upper line.png |
English: Japanese katakana typeface having the "upper line" to form the unity of characters consisting a word. This image was scanned at 300 dpi.
日本語: 単語をなす文字のまとまりをつくるために "ウエレツ" をもっているカタカナの書体. このイメージは300 dpiでスキャンされた. |
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English: Kanamojikai [Kana Character Foundation] and Kokugo Kyōkai [Japanese Language Association]. Moji bunka tenrankai shuppin-butsu kaisetsu [Character Culture Exhibition Exhibits Description]. Kanamozikai [Kana Character Foundation], p. 70, 1935.
日本語: カナモジカイ と 国語 協会. 文字 文化 展覧会 出品物 解説. カナモジカイ, 第70ページ, 1935年. |
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日本語: カナモジカイ と 国語 協会
English: Kanamojikai [Kana Character Foundation], incorporated under Japanese law, and Kokugo Kyōkai [Japanese Language Association] |
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Source: Kanamojikai and Kokugo Kyōkai, Moji bunka tenrankai shuppin-butsu kaisetsu, Kanamozikai, p. 70, 1935.
ヨコガキ カタカナ ヲ 採用スル ワケ ト 活字体
明治時代 ノ カナモジ運動ノ ハジマリ ノ 当時ワ, ホトンド スベテ タテガキ ノ ヒラガナ ガ 採用サレタ モノ デ アル. シカシ コレデワ 1字1字 ヲ ヒロイヨミ シナケレバ ナラナイ タメ, イクラ ヨミナレテモ 漢字ノ ヨゥニ ハヤク ヨム コト ガ デキナイ. コノタメ コノ 運動 ワ ツイニ ヒロマラズ, ノチ 研究 ガ シダイニ ススメラレタ 結果, カタカナ ヲ ヒダリ カラノ ヨコガキ ニ シテ 多少ノ 字体ノ 改良ヲ ホドコセバ, 西洋諸国ノ 文章ノ ヨゥニ 綴字形 トシテ ハヤク ヨメル コト ガ ワカリ, コノタメ 今日 デワ カナモジ運動 ト イエバ ヨコガキ カタカナ ノ 運動デ アル ト イッテモ ヨイ ホド ニ ナッタ.
在来ノ ママノ 形デワ マダ 線ノ 角度 ナドモ バラバラ デ, マトマリ ガ ワルイ. シカシ アマリ 改良シスギテ, ソノタメ アラタニ ナラワナケレバ ヨメナイ ヨゥ デワ イケナイ. カナモジカイ デワ, ダレ ニモ スグ ヨメル 範囲デ 形ヲ トトノエル コト ニ ツトメ, スデニ 各種ノ 字体ノ 活字ヲ 製作シテ イル.
綴字形ヲ ツクル ノニワ, 単ニ 1字1字ヲ トトノエル ダケ デ ナク, 各文字ヲ 一貫スル レンラク ノ 要素ガ ソナワッテ イナケレバ ナラナイ. アルハベット ニ オイテワ k h m ナドノ 下部ノ 水平線ガ コノ 要素ニ ナッテ イル ガ, カナモジ活字 デワ コレ ヲ 下図ノ 黒イ 部分ニ フクマセテ イル. ソシテ ウ, カ ナド ノ 上部ノ ツキデテ イル 線ワ, コトバ ノ コトナル ゴトニ ソノ 綴字形 ガ 独自ノ 語形 ヲ ツクル ヤクメ ニ ツカワレル ノデ アル. コノ 字体ワ スコシ ヨミナレルト アタカモ 英文ヲ ヨミナレタ 人ガ boy ノ 3字ヲ 一目ニ ヨム ノト オナジ 要領ニ ヨム コト ガ デキル.
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Reason and typeface for horizontal writing with katakana
At the beginning of the kana character movement in the Meiji period, vertical writing with hiragana was used. However, it needs to be read character by character, and even a person used to it could not read it as fast as writing with kanji. Hence the movement did not spread at last. Research was made later, and as its result, it was shown that left-to-right horizontal katakana writing with improved typefaces can be read as fast as writing of western languages in which characters are combined to form a unit. Consequently, it can be safely said that today's kana character movement is equal to the horizontal katakana movement.
Characters of conventional katakana typefaces differ character by character in angles of their strokes, and do not create unity. Nevertheless so drastic modification of typeface is undesirable that anyone cannot read without learning. The Kanamojikai is trying to arrange the typeface within the scope of everyone's immediate recognition of the characters, and it has already manufactured movable types having several different typefaces.
Characters having a unity require not only modification of each character but also introduction of connecting element commonly included in every character. In Latin alphabet, the baseline under k, h, m, etc. behaves as the element; in katakana, the black elements shown in the figure below do the same. Lines sticking out of the top of characters ウ (U), カ (KA), etc. work for making each word have a unique distinctive form. With this typeface, people can read words just in the same way as a person used to English writing reads the three characters of boy at a glance.Licensing edit
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