{"id":"japanese-gothic","no":175,"name":"Japanese Gothic","ja":"ゴシック体","era":"late 19th century–","family":"和文書体","kind":"スタイル","collection":"Dictionary expansion 08","addedAt":"2026-08-18","source":{"title":"モリサワ フォント用語集 — ゴシック体","url":"https://www.morisawa.co.jp/culture/dictionary/1956"},"reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://www.morisawa.co.jp/culture/dictionary/1956","credit":"モリサワ フォント用語集 — ゴシック体","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gothic%20BBB%20sample.png?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gothic%20BBB%20sample.png","credit":"中ゴシックBBB書体見本（CC BY-SA 3.0）"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%8F%A1%E9%9B%BB%E8%B2%B4%E8%88%B9%E5%8F%A3%E9%A7%85%E9%A7%85%E5%90%8D%E6%A8%99.JPG?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%8F%A1%E9%9B%BB%E8%B2%B4%E8%88%B9%E5%8F%A3%E9%A7%85%E9%A7%85%E5%90%8D%E6%A8%99.JPG","credit":"駅名標のゴシック体（CC BY 3.0）"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japanese%20motorway%20road%20signs%20showing%20distance%20guidance%20and%20road%20number%2CTsukuba%20city%2CJapan.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese%20motorway%20road%20signs%20showing%20distance%20guidance%20and%20road%20number%2CTsukuba%20city%2CJapan.jpg","credit":"道路標識のゴシック体（CC BY-SA 4.0）"}]},"essence":"画線の太さをほぼ均一に揃えた和文サンセリフで、見出しの強調から始まり、画面表示の本文へと役割を広げた。","cues":["均一な画線","ウロコの不在","高い視認性","画面表示への適性"],"intents":["信頼","技術"],"works":["一次資料と代表作から成立条件を比較する","別媒体へ応用できる構成原理を取り出す"],"recipe":{"type":"参照作品の文字・記号・スケールを観察する","layout":"視線と情報を支配する構造を一つ抽出する","material":"時代・地域・制作工程に固有の素材と挙動を確認する"},"avoid":"欧文サンセリフの直訳ではない。仮名の骨格と漢字の密度差という和文固有の設計課題を確認する。","colors":["#e9e6dd","#67635d","#171615"],"motif":"type","pair":["mincho","neo-grotesque-sans"],"study":["築地活版の初期ゴシック","石井ゴシック","ヒラギノ角ゴと游ゴシック"],"en":{"essence":"The Japanese sans-serif of nearly even strokes: born for headline emphasis, it grew into the text face of the screen.","cues":["Even strokes","No uroko","High visibility","Fit for screen display"],"works":["Comparing primary sources and canonical works","Extracting principles that transfer to other media"],"recipe":{"type":"Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works","layout":"Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information","material":"Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process"},"avoid":"Not a translation of the Latin sans. Note the kana skeleton and kanji density — problems specific to Japanese.","study":["Tsukiji's early gothics","Ishii Gothic","Hiragino Kaku Gothic and Yu Gothic"]}}