Danica Davidson
October 28, 2021 
Adobe Fonts has more than 20,000 fonts to choose from, and most recently the company has taken some inspiration from Demon Slayer. They’ve added the fonts Kokuryu-sоu and Shinryu-sоu, both of which can be seen in the anime. The Kokuryu-sоu font is related to the character Shinobu Kochо.
Adobe Fonts gave this explanation for the look and feel of their fonts:
“Kokuryu is a brush-script display typeface designed to evoke the image of a male dragon wildly flying in a sky filled with dark clouds. Heavy and light strokes formed with the contrast of fast and slow stroke motions bring to mind the dynamics of the dragon’s raging emotion. Kokuryu’s letter shapes are not constrained by the square type body and its dynamically drawn letter shapes may look imbalanced, but when composed into words, they produce a strong and well-harmonized image.
The Kokuryu-sou in Adobe Fonts is a version of Kokuryu with fewer blurred strokes, which reduces the data size. It will be useful for letter cutting and animation or video clips.
Shinryu is a brush-script typeface designed with the image of a gentle male dragon speaking to us. Its thin strokes make it possible to give a tender image, while it looks dignified when used for texts.
The Kokuryu-sou in Adobe Fonts is a version of Kokuryu with fewer blurred strokes, which reduces the data size. It will be useful for letter cutting and animation or video clips.”
Shоwa Shotai, a company that specializes in font production and distribution, created these new calligraphy fonts for use. In the midst of all the other Demon Slayer merchandise — from toys to clothes to McDonald’s stickers to specialty items at Universal Studios Japan — what do you think of new fonts being included? If you write in Japanese, would you want to use these fonts for their references?
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, and its sequel, Manga Art for Intermediates, with professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
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