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Yusei Magic

あ: あ · The hiragana a, the first kana

Yusei Magic is a free handwriting font for Japanese by Tanukizamurai, on Google Fonts since 2020. It draws 6,688 kanji and the kana, and the English alphabet, in one weight (400).

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あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風

The opening of Miyazawa Kenji’s The Polano Square · Regular 400

01 / Characters

Hiragana, katakana and kanji

The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Yusei Magic.

Hiragana ひらがな

Each with its sound

  1. あa
  2. いi
  3. うu
  4. えe
  5. おo
  6. かka
  7. きki
  8. くku
  9. けke
  10. こko
  11. さsa
  12. しshi
  13. すsu
  14. せse
  15. そso
  16. たta
  17. ちchi
  18. つtsu
  19. てte
  20. とto
  21. なna
  22. にni
  23. ぬnu
  24. ねne
  25. のno
  26. はha
  27. ひhi
  28. ふfu
  29. へhe
  30. ほho
  31. まma
  32. みmi
  33. むmu
  34. めme
  35. もmo
  36. やya
  37. ゆyu
  38. よyo
  39. らra
  40. りri
  41. るru
  42. れre
  43. ろro
  44. わwa
  45. をwo
  46. んn

Katakana カタカナ

Each with its sound

  1. アa
  2. イi
  3. ウu
  4. エe
  5. オo
  6. カka
  7. キki
  8. クku
  9. ケke
  10. コko
  11. サsa
  12. シshi
  13. スsu
  14. セse
  15. ソso
  16. タta
  17. チchi
  18. ツtsu
  19. テte
  20. トto
  21. ナna
  22. ニni
  23. ヌnu
  24. ネne
  25. ノno
  26. ハha
  27. ヒhi
  28. フfu
  29. ヘhe
  30. ホho
  31. マma
  32. ミmi
  33. ムmu
  34. メme
  35. モmo
  36. ヤya
  37. ユyu
  38. ヨyo
  39. ラra
  40. リri
  41. ルru
  42. レre
  43. ロro
  44. ワwa
  45. ヲwo
  46. ンn

Kanji 漢字

Each with its meaning

  1. 永eternity
  2. 日sun
  3. 月moon
  4. 火fire
  5. 水water
  6. 木tree
  7. 金gold
  8. 土earth
  9. 山mountain
  10. 川river
  11. 雨rain
  12. 花flower
  13. 空sky
  14. 海sea
  15. 風wind
  16. 森forest
  17. 夢dream
  18. 愛love
  19. 心heart
  20. 道way
  21. 書write
  22. 字letter
  23. 光light
  24. 春spring
  25. 夏summer
  26. 秋autumn
  27. 冬winter
  28. 東east
  29. 京capital
  30. 語language

02 / Text

As running text

The opening of Miyazawa Kenji’s The Polano Square.

あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。

Set large

あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。

At reading size · 16 px

あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。

Set vertically

03 / Facts

What it covers

Kanji
6,688
More than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set
Kana
180
Hiragana and katakana, with their voiced and small forms
Weights
1
One weight, Regular (400)
Vertical text
Yes
Vertical forms of its own, OpenType’s vert
Font file
3.0 MB
Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
Licence
OFL 1.1
Free for commercial use

Designed by Tanukizamurai. On Google Fonts since 2020, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Get it on Google Fonts Its licence file

LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Yusei MagicFonts with Latin like it →

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05 / Questions

Questions about Yusei Magic

Answered from its licence and its font file, and each app’s own font list

Is Yusei Magic free for commercial use?

Yes. Yusei Magic is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. What it forbids is selling the font file on its own.

How do I download and install Yusei Magic?

FontKind doesn’t host Yusei Magic’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file: it holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.

Does Yusei Magic have kanji?

Yes: Yusei Magic draws 6,688 kanji, with the hiragana and katakana. That is more than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set for Japanese text.

How do I use Yusei Magic on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Yusei Magic into about a hundred small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 3.0 MB Regular file. To host it yourself, cut it down to the characters your pages use, a step called subsetting, and serve it as WOFF2: the SIL Open Font License allows that, and as Yusei Magic reserves no name, your copy may keep it.

Can Yusei Magic set vertical text?

Yes: Yusei Magic’s file has vertical forms, the OpenType vert feature, so in a vertical line its commas, full stops and brackets, and its small kana, turn and move as they should. On a web page, CSS writing-mode: vertical-rl sets a block vertically; Word, InDesign and Illustrator have vertical text of their own.

Can I use Yusei Magic in a game or an app?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Yusei Magic into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship its licence with the font files, and don’t sell the font on its own.

Is Yusei Magic in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Yusei Magic isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Yusei Magic in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Yusei Magic under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Yusei Magic in Figma?

Yes: Yusei Magic is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Yusei Magic have?

Yusei Magic comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Does Yusei Magic have English letters?

Yes: Yusei Magic draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.

Who designed Yusei Magic?

Yusei Magic was designed by Tanukizamurai. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2020.

What fonts are similar to Yusei Magic?

The most used Japanese handwriting fonts besides Yusei Magic are Klee One, Zen Kurenaido and Yomogi. See every Handwriting font for Japanese.