title: Japanese typefaces
text: # Japanese typefaces
  
  Shotai (書体) is the Japanese word for writing style and typeface. Shotai covers the calligraphic writing styles, such as:
  
  * regular script,
  * seal script,
  * clerical script,
  * running script, and
  * cursive script
  
  as well as Japanese styles like
  
  It also includes Japanese typefaces such as
  
  * Minchō and
  * Gothic
  
  ## Examples
  
  * 武道 (budō) in regular script
  * 真誥 (shinkō) in seal script
  * 龜 (a kyūjitai form of 亀, kame) in clerical script
  * Calligraphy of Noubyuki Abe, an example of running script or semi-cursive script
  * 侍 (samurai) in semi-cursive script
  * 江戸文字 (edomoji) in chōchinmoji, a form of edomoji
  * ひげ文字 (higemoji) in higemoji), another form of edomoji
  * 明朝體 (Minchōtai), an example of Minchō movable type made in 1912 by Tsukiji Type Foundry
  * ゴシック体 (goshikku-tai) in several Japanese gothic typefaces
  