Author's note

Hiragana by Steve Borthick is a free Japanese-inspired brush display font built from sharply cut strokes, uneven curves, and an unruly hand-painted silhouette that recalls expressive ink lettering. Its changing stroke widths make the letters look fast and forceful.

As a theatrical title treatment, it can turn martial-arts posters, action-game graphics, and event branding into part of the spectacle, with the letters reading almost like painted props or weapon marks. The same jagged brushwork also suits streetwear merchandise and music packaging, where its slashed forms can become ink splatters, blade shapes, or gestural artwork across printed shirts and record sleeves.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Japanese Hiragana © Steve Borthick. 2004. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Hiragana
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
BorthickHiragana:Version 1.01
Full font name
Hiragana
Name table version
Version 1.01 Revised
Postscript font name
Hiragana
Designer
Steve Borthick
Description
This is the Japanese Hiragana set.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2004-06-10
Revision1
Glyph count653
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classScripts
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced