Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 31 minutes ago

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Often described as 'Japan's Helvetica', what's the story behind this commonly used font? I kept seeing it in Nintendo games or while visiting Japan, so I had to deep-dive into the typography world to find out what the whole fuss was about.

Thanks to @Kaihatsu for fact checking the video and providing me with helpful sources on his typography-specific Twitter account: twitter.com/fontendou

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