Author's note

Japanese Designs font by Denise Clendenin is a free Asian-inspired dingbat typeface. Each glyph is a tiny illustration-lush bamboo sprays, curling blossoms, and crisp frame corners-that prints like inky woodblock art. The shapes are dense and graphic, with clean cutouts that read clearly even at small sizes, turning a single keystroke into an ornate border, divider, or badge.

Using Japanese Designs, you can quickly dress up invitations, restaurant menus, packaging, craft labels, zines, or scrapbook pages with a strong Japanese decorative flavor. This free font shines when you set the dingbats large and pair them with a simple sans serif for text, letting the black‑and‑white motifs carry the visual drama.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (C) 1/23/98 Created by Denise Clendenin
Font family
Japanese Designs
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Japanese Designs
Full font name
Japanese Designs
Name table version
1.00
Postscript font name
JapaneseDesigns

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-01-23
Revision1
Glyph count25
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI